Glass v. Trowbridge (Marriage License for Person with Disability)

Brad Glass, of Mountain View, has a disability that impacts his ability to travel so he was unable to comply with Missouri’s arbitrary statutory requirement that marriage license applicants appear in person before a Recorder of Deeds.

Glass, who is being represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri, and his fiancé have been engaged since December 2012 and are eager to get married as soon as possible. Although the ACLU has successfully challenged this requirement on behalf of fiancés of prisoners, this is the first time the ACLU is also claiming a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The complaint was filed Feb. 10, 2014.

Updated: May 12, 2014

On May 12, 2014, the Howell County Recorder of Deeds has been ordered by a United States District Court judge to meet Glass at his home and issue him a marriage license.