Certain marriages or civil unions prohibited.

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37:1-1 Certain marriages or civil unions prohibited.

37:1-1. Certain marriages or civil unions prohibited.

a. A man shall not marry or enter into a civil union with any of his ancestors or descendants, or his sister or brother, or the daughter or son of his brother or sister, or the sister or brother of his father or mother, whether such collateral kindred be of the whole or half blood.

b. A woman shall not marry or enter into a civil union with any of her ancestors or descendants, or her sister or brother, or the daughter or son of her brother or sister, or the sister or brother of her father or mother, whether such collateral kindred be of the whole or half blood.

c. A marriage or civil union in violation of any of the foregoing provisions shall be absolutely void.

Amended 2006, c.103, s.6.


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