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2023 CODE OF GEORGIA
Title 19 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 19-1-1 — 19-15-7)
Chapter 3 - MARRIAGE GENERALLY (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-68)
Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 19-3-1 — 19-3-11)
Section 19-3-3 - Degrees of relationship within which intermarriage prohibited; penalty; effect of prohibited marriage

Universal Citation:
GA Code § 19-3-3 (2023)
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  • (a) Any person who marries a person to whom he knows he is related, either by blood or by marriage, as follows:
    • (1) Father and daughter or stepdaughter;
    • (2) Mother and son or stepson;
    • (3) Brother and sister of the whole blood or the half blood;
    • (4) Grandparent and grandchild;
    • (5) Aunt and nephew; or
    • (6) Uncle and niece

      shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than three years.

  • (b) Marriages declared to be unlawful under subsection (a) of this Code section shall be void from their inception.
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