Section 2-202 - Marriages within certain degrees of relationship void; penalties.
§ 2-202. Marriages within certain degrees of relationship void; penalties.
(a) In general.- Any marriage performed in this State that is prohibited by this section is void.
(b) Marriages within 3 degrees of direct lineal consanguinity or within first degree of collateral consanguinity prohibited; penalties.-
(1) A man may not marry his:
(i) grandmother;
(ii) mother;
(iii) daughter;
(iv) sister; or
(v) granddaughter.
(2) A woman may not marry her:
(i) grandfather;
(ii) father;
(iii) son;
(iv) brother; or
(v) grandson.
(3) An individual who violates any provision of this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine of $1,500.
(c) Certain marriages within other degrees of affinity or consanguinity prohibited; penalties.-
(1) A man may not marry his:
(i) grandfather's wife;
(ii) wife's grandmother;
(iii) father's sister;
(iv) mother's sister;
(v) stepmother;
(vi) wife's mother;
(vii) wife's daughter;
(viii) son's wife;
(ix) grandson's wife;
(x) wife's granddaughter;
(xi) brother's daughter; or
(xii) sister's daughter.
(2) A woman may not marry her:
(i) grandmother's husband;
(ii) husband's grandfather;
(iii) father's brother;
(iv) mother's brother;
(v) stepfather;
(vi) husband's father;
(vii) husband's son;
(viii) daughter's husband;
(ix) husband's grandson;
(x) brother's son;
(xi) sister's son; or
(xii) granddaughter's husband.
(3) An individual who violates any provision of this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine of $500.
[An. Code 1957, art. 27, §§ 390, 391; art. 62, §§ 1, 2; 1984, ch. 296, § 2; 2002, ch. 424.]