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2017 Maryland Code
Family Law
Title 2 - Marriage
Subtitle 2 - Valid Marriages; Void Marriages
§ 2-202. Marriages within certain degrees of relationship void; penalties
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MD Fam L Code § 2-202 (2017)
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- (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) An individual may not marry the individual's:
- (i) grandparent;
- (ii) parent;
- (iii) child;
- (iv) sibling; or
- (v) grandchild.
- (2) 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.
- (1) An individual may not marry the individual's:
- (c) Certain marriages within other degrees of affinity or consanguinity prohibited; penalties. --
- (1) An individual may not marry the individual's:
- (i) grandparent's spouse;
- (ii) spouse's grandparent;
- (iii) parent's sibling;
- (iv) stepparent;
- (v) spouse's parent;
- (vi) spouse's child;
- (vii) child's spouse;
- (viii) grandchild's spouse;
- (ix) spouse's grandchild; or
- (x) sibling's child.
- (2) An individual who violates any provision of this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine of $ 500.
- (1) An individual may not marry the individual's:
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