20 C.F.R. § 725.230

Legal impediment.

Last amended: 2016Year: 2026Length: 70 wordsOfficial source

Cite as 20 C.F.R. § 725.230 (2026)

For purposes of this subpart, “legal impediment” means an impediment resulting from the lack of dissolution of a previous marriage or otherwise arising out of such previous marriage or its dissolution or resulting from a defect in the procedure followed in connection with the purported marriage ceremony—for example, the solemnization of a marriage only through a religious ceremony in a country which requires a civil ceremony for a valid marriage.
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