Same-sex marriage in Santa Catarina

Legal status of same-sex unions
Marriage
Performed

Argentina
Australia
Austria*
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Colombia
Costa Rica+
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Iceland
Ireland
Luxembourg
Malta
Mexico:
· 12 states & CDMX
Netherlands1
New Zealand2
Norway
Portugal
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Taiwan+
United Kingdom3
United States4
Uruguay

Recognized
  1. Not performed in Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten
  2. Neither performed nor recognized in Niue, Tokelau or the Cook Islands
  3. Neither performed nor recognized in Northern Ireland, the dependency of Sark or six of the fourteen overseas territories
  4. Neither performed nor recognized in American Samoa or many tribal jurisdictions with the exception of federal recognition benefits
  5. When performed in Mexican states that have legalized same-sex marriage
  6. When performed in the Netherlands proper
  7. If performed before 1 June 2018
  8. Registration schemes open in all jurisdictions except Hualien County, Penghu County, Taitung County and Yunlin County

* Not yet in effect
+ Automatic deadline set by judicial body for same-sex marriage to become legal

LGBT portal

Same-sex marriage became legal in the state of Santa Catarina on April 29, 2013, when the state's General Magistrate of Justice (Corregedoria Geral de Justiça) ruled that all notaries statewide are obligated to issue marriage licences to same-sex couples.[1][2]

Recognition of same-sex unions in South America
  Marriage
  Other type of partnership
  Unrecognized
  Constitution limits marriage to opposite-sex couples
  Same-sex sexual activity illegal

Marriage statistics

In 2013, 207 same-sex marriages were celebrated in the state (126 of which were between male couples and 81 were between female couples).[3]

In 2014, 342 same-sex couples wed in Santa Catarina. Of these, 205 were male couples and 137 were female couples.[4]

References

  1. ↑ (in Portuguese) Justiça de Santa Catarina autoriza casamento homossexual
  2. ↑ (in Portuguese) CGJ autoriza casamento entre pessoas do mesmo sexo em SC
  3. ↑ Vital Statistics 2013: Marriages
  4. ↑ Vital Statistics 2014: Marriages


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.