Marriage and Divorce Laws of the WorldRingrose, Hyacinthe
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Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World
Ringrose, Hyacinthe
Divorce -- Law and legislation; Marriage law
IMPEDIMENTS.--A man shall not marry his grandmother, grandfather's wife,
wife's grandmother, father's sister, mother's sister, mother, stepmother,
wife's mother, daughter, wife's daughter, son's wife, sister, son's
daughter, daughter's daughter, son's son's wife, daughter's son's wife,
wife's son's daughter, wife's daughter's daughter, brother's daughter,
sister's daughter. A woman shall not marry her grandfather, grandmother's
husband, husband's grandfather, father's brother, mother's brother,
father, stepfather, husband's father, son, husband's son, daughter's
husband, brother, son's son, daughter's son, son's daughter's husband,
daughter's daughter's husband, husband's son's son, husband's daughter's
son, brother's son, sister's son.
CELEBRATION.--Marriage may be solemnized before a judge of any court of
record, or any justice of the peace, or by any minister or ordained person
who has furnished proof of his official capacity to the Supreme Court of
the District of Columbia.
Licenses to marry are issued by the clerk of the Supreme Court upon an
affidavit showing that the contracting parties are competent and that all
the requirements of law have been complied with.
DIVORCE.--There is only one cause for a divorce, namely, adultery. A
judicial separation or divorce from bed and board may be granted because
of cruelty, unjustifiable desertion or drunkenness.
Marriages procured by fraud or coercion, or between parties incapable by
reason of insanity or non-age of concluding the contract, can be annulled.
Petitioners in matrimonial causes must have been bona fide residents of
the District of Columbia before instituting proceedings.
CONNECTICUT.
MARRIAGE.--No age is fixed by statute at which minors are capable of
contracting marriage.
The parents or guardians must give consent in writing to the registrar
before a license is issued if either party is a minor.
CONSANGUINITY AND AFFINITY.--No man shall marry his mother, grandmother,
daughter, granddaughter, sister, aunt, niece, stepmother or stepdaughter;
no woman shall marry her father, grandfather, son, grandson, brother,
uncle, nephew, stepfather or stepson. All such marriages are declared to
be incestuous.
CELEBRATION.--Any ordained clergyman of any State, any judge or justice of
the peace may solemnize marriage. No special form of celebration is
required.
ANNULMENT.--Whenever, from any cause, any marriage is void the superior
court has jurisdiction, upon complaint, to pass a decree declaring it so.
LEGITIMACY OF CHILDREN.--Children born before marriage whose parents
afterwards intermarry are deemed legitimate and inherit equally with other
children.
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