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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.
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).
In 2014, 342 same-sex couples wed in Santa Catarina. Of these, 205 were male couples and 137 were female couples.
References
Same-sex marriage in Santa Catarina Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA