Maryland Marriage Laws § 2-202Marriages within certain degrees of relationship void; penalties
Read the full Maryland Marriage Law § 2-202 at American Marriage Ministries. Last updated on Thursday, January 1, 2021.
Read the full Maryland Marriage Law § 2-202 at American Marriage Ministries. Last updated on Thursday, January 1, 2021.
Maryland Family Law 2-202
(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. (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.
An. Code 1957, art. 27, §§ 390, 391; art. 62, §§ 1, 2; 1984, ch. 296, § 2; 2002, ch. 424 ; 2012, ch. 2 .
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