Birth records are public after 100 years. Death records are public after 50 years. Marriage and divorce records are public after 75 years. You can search some of the public records at Utah State Archives.
If your Marriage License has been signed and never filed, you are not married. Filing of the Marriage License is what completes the legal process of marrying. The clerk must receive and record the Marriage License in order for the marriage to be binding.
Utah Code § 78-24-8(1) (Cum. Supp. 1991) provides: (a) Neither a wife nor a husband may either during the marriage or afterwards be, without the consent of the other, examined as to any communication made by one to the other during the marriage.
Under the Utah State Constitution, the spousal privilege to refuse to testify is enforceable during the entire existence of the marriage. This means that this privilege is created by the marriage, but it is destroyed by a divorce.
Utah is a one-party consent state. Utah Code Section 77-23a-4 prohibits intentionally or knowingly intercepting any wire, electronic, or oral communication. This is generally a third-degree felony, which carries up to five years of imprisonment, although penalties may be reduced in certain circumstances.
Generally, you need spousal consent for an IRA designation if you reside in one of the following community property states: Arizona. California. Louisiana. Idaho. New Mexico. Nevada. Texas. Wisconsin.
Utah is an equitable division state. Property acquired during marriage becomes part of the marital estate. Property acquired before the marriage remains the separate property of the person who acquired it.
While the rules surrounding online marriage vary depending on the location where the marriage license is registered, in Utah County, where anyone can obtain a marriage license, the entire wedding can be conducted online.
Despite much belief to the contrary, the length of time you live together does not by itself determine whether a common law marriage exists. No state law or court decision says seven years or ten years of cohabitation is all that is needed for a common law marriage. It's only one factor the court may consider.