2017 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 14 - Domestic Matters
Marriage and Rights of Married Women
Article 2 - Marriage and Rights of Married Women
Part 1 - Uniform Marriage Act
§ 14-2-110. Prohibited marriages

(1) The following marriages are prohibited:

(a) A marriage entered into prior to the dissolution of an earlier marriage of one of the parties, except a currently valid marriage between the parties;

(a.5) A marriage entered into prior to the dissolution of an earlier civil union of one of the parties, except a currently valid civil union between the same two parties;

(b) A marriage between an ancestor and a descendant or between a brother and a sister, whether the relationship is by the half or the whole blood;

(c) A marriage between an uncle and a niece or between an aunt and a nephew, whether the relationship is by the half or the whole blood, except as to marriages permitted by the established customs of aboriginal cultures.

(2) Children born of a prohibited marriage are legitimate.

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