IMPEDIMENTS.--Marriage is prohibited between ascendants and descendants of every degree, and between brothers and sisters of the half as well as the whole blood, and between uncles and nieces, or aunts and nephews, whether the relationship is legitimate or illegitimate. Marriage of whites with negroes or mulattoes is also prohibited. A marriage license is required. CELEBRATION.--The law prescribes no particular form of solemnization, but the parties must declare in the presence of the celebrant that they take each other as husband and wife. Two witnesses must be present. CAUSES FOR ABSOLUTE DIVORCE: 1. Adultery. 2. Extreme cruelty. 3. Wilful desertion for one year. 4. Wilful neglect for one year. 5. Habitual intemperance for one year. 6. Conviction of felony. 7. Permanent insanity. There is no limited form of divorce recognized. DEFENCES: 1. Collusion. 2. Condonation. 3. Recrimination. ILLINOIS. MARRIAGE.--To marry with parental consent, males must be at least 18 years and females 16 years of age; without such consent, males must be at least 21 years and females 18 years. Marriage is a civil contract and may be celebrated before a qualified clergyman or magistrate. IMPEDIMENTS.--Marriages between parents and children, including grandparents and grandchildren of every degree, between brothers and sisters of the half as well as of the whole blood, between uncles and nieces, aunts and nephews, and between cousins of the first degree are declared to be incestuous and void. This includes illegitimate as well as legitimate children and relations. CAUSES FOR ABSOLUTE DIVORCE: 1. When either party at the time of marriage was and continues to be naturally impotent. 2. When he or she had a wife or husband living at the time of such marriage. 3. When either party has committed adultery subsequent to the marriage. 4. When either party has wilfully deserted or absented himself or herself from the wife or husband, without any reasonable cause, for the space of two years. 5. When either party has been guilty of habitual drunkenness for the space of two years. 6. When either party has attempted the life of the other by poison or other means showing malice. 7. When either party has been guilty of extreme and repeated cruelty. 8. When either party has been convicted of felony or other infamous crime. Limited divorces are not granted in this State. INDIAN TERRITORY. The laws of marriage and divorce in the Indian Territory are the same as those of Arkansas, except in the matter of marriage impediments, and in a few minor details. By an Act of Congress applicable to all Territories of the United States, marriages within and not including the four degrees of consanguinity, computed according to the civil law, are forbidden. INDIANA. MARRIAGE.--Males must be at least 18 years and females 16 years of age. Marriage is a civil contract which can be celebrated before any qualified clergyman, judge or magistrate.