2010 Maryland Code
FAMILY LAW
TITLE 2 - MARRIAGE
Subtitle 2 - Valid Marriages; Void Marriages
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.]