On April 29, 2013, Judge Vanderlei Romer from the state's Judicial Administrative Department () ruled that all notaries statewide are obligated to issue marriage licences to same-sex couples, Justiça de Santa Catarina autoriza casamento homossexual CGJ autoriza casamento entre pessoas do mesmo sexo em SC and convert civil unions into marriages if the couples so choose. This decision legalized same-sex marriage in Santa Catarina.
