SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The state has agreed that its law banning
marriage with an AIDS-infected partner should be overturned.  
   Attorney Brian Barnard sued last month on behalf of two married
couples and their children, who would be considered illegitimate if
their parents' unions were voided. The women had contracted the virus
before their marriages.  
   Barnard said the 1987 law was unconstitutional and violated the
Americans With Disabilities Act.  
   On Monday, the state asked a federal judge to declare the law
invalid.  
   State officials earlier had agreed that the law, which has not been
enforced, probably was unconstitutional, but asked the women to
postpone their lawsuit until the Legislature could repeal the statute
during its next session in January.  
   The women refused, fearing a insurance company would take advantage
of the statute and refuse to pay health benefits in the event of their
deaths.