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Title 81 - Utah Domestic Relations Code
Chapter 2 - Marriage
Part 4 - Validity of Marriage
Section 402 - Incestuous marriages void.
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UT Code § 81-2-402 (2025)
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Effective 9/1/2024
81-2-402. Incestuous marriages void.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 366, 2024 General Session
81-2-402. Incestuous marriages void.
- (1)The following marriages are incestuous and void from the beginning, regardless of whether the relationship is legally recognized:
- (a)a marriage between a parent and a child;
- (b)a marriage between an ancestor and a descendant of any degree;
- (c)a marriage between siblings of the half or whole blood;
- (d)a marriage between an uncle and a niece or nephew;
- (e)a marriage between an aunt and a niece or nephew;
- (f)except as provided in Subsection (2), a marriage between first cousins; or
- (g)except as provided in Subsection (2), a marriage between individuals related to each other within and not including the fifth degree of consanguinity computed according to the rules of the civil law.
- (2)First cousins may marry under the following circumstances:
- (a)both parties are 65 years old or older; or
- (b)if both parties are 55 years old or older, upon a finding by the district court, located in the district in which either party resides, that either party is unable to reproduce.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 366, 2024 General Session
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