Utah Marriage Laws | § 30-1-1 | Incestuous Marriages Void. Marriage Laws

Utah Code 30-1-1

Incestuous marriages void.

30-1-1. Incestuous marriages void. ::: (1) The following marriages are incestuous and void from the beginning, regardless of whether the relationship is legally recognized: (a) marriages between parents and children; (b) marriages between ancestors and descendants of every degree; (c) marriages between siblings of the half as well as the whole blood; (d) marriages between: (i) uncles and nieces or nephews; or (ii) aunts and nieces or nephews; (e) marriages between first cousins, except as provided in Subsection (2); or (f) marriages between any individuals related to each other within and not including the fifth degree of consanguinity computed according to the rules of the civil law, except as provided in Subsection (2). (2) First cousins may marry under the following circumstances: (a) both parties are 65 years of age or older; or (b) if both parties are 55 years of age 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.

Amended by Chapter 317, 2019 General Session; Chapter 217, 2022 General Session

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§ 30-1-30 Premarital counseling or education -- State policy -- Applicability.
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§ 30-1-8 Application for license -- Contents.
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§ 30-1-3 Marriage in belief of death or divorce of former spouse -- Issue legitimate.
§ 30-1-1 Incestuous marriages void.
§ 30-1-2 Marriages prohibited and void.
§ 30-1-2.1 Validation of marriage to a person subject to chronic epileptic fits who had not been sterilized.
§ 30-1-2.2 Validation of interracial marriages.
§ 30-1-7 Marriage licenses -- Use within state -- Expiration.
§ 30-1-9 Marriage by minors -- Consent of parent or guardian -- Juvenile court authorization.
§ 30-1-4.1 Marriage recognition policy.
§ 30-1-5 Marriage solemnization -- Before unauthorized person -- Validity.
§ 30-1-9.1 Parental consent to prohibited marriage of minor -- Penalty.
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§ 30-1-12 Clerk to file license and certificate.
§ 30-1-11 Return of license after ceremony -- Failure -- Penalty.
§ 30-1-14 Acting without authority -- Penalty.
§ 30-1-13 Solemnization without license -- Penalty.
§ 30-1-15 Solemnization of prohibited marriage -- Penalty.
§ 30-1-16 Misconduct of county clerk -- Penalty.
§ 30-1-17 Action to determine validity of marriage -- Judgment of validity or annulment.
§ 30-1-17.1 Annulment -- Grounds for.
§ 30-1-17.3 Age as basis of action to determine validity of marriage -- Refusal to grant annulment.
§ 30-1-32 Master plan for counseling.
§ 30-1-33 Conformity to master plan for counseling as prerequisite to marriage license -- Exceptions.
§ 30-1-35 Persons performing counseling services designated by board -- Exemption from license requirements.
§ 30-1-36 Activities included in premarital counseling or education.
§ 30-1-37 Confidentiality of information obtained under counseling provisions.