{"identifier":"/us/usc/t1/s7","title":1,"num":"\u00a7\u202f7.","heading":"Marriage","text":"\u00a7\u202f7.\nMarriage\n(a) For the purposes of any Federal law, rule, or regulation in which marital status is a factor, an individual shall be considered married if that individual\u2019s marriage is between 2 individuals and is valid in the State where the marriage was entered into or, in the case of a marriage entered into outside any State, if the marriage is between 2 individuals and is valid in the place where entered into and the marriage could have been entered into in a State.\n(b) In this section, the term \u201cState\u201d means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States.\n(c) For purposes of subsection (a), in determining whether a marriage is valid in a State or the place where entered into, if outside of any State, only the law of the jurisdiction applicable at the time the marriage was entered into may be considered.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t1/s7.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t1/s7","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f7."},{"t":"heading","text":"Marriage"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t1/s7/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"content","text":" For the purposes of any Federal law, rule, or regulation in which marital status is a factor, an individual shall be considered married if that individual\u2019s marriage is between 2 individuals and is valid in the State where the marriage was entered into or, in the case of a marriage entered into outside any State, if the marriage is between 2 individuals and is valid in the place where entered into and the marriage could have been entered into in a State.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t1/s7/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"content","text":" In this section, the term \u201cState\u201d means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t1/s7/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"content","text":" For purposes of subsection (a), in determining whether a marriage is valid in a State or the place where entered into, if outside of any State, only the law of the jurisdiction applicable at the time the marriage was entered into may be considered.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}