(1) No marriage shall be contracted between persons who are nearer of kin to each other by consanguinity, whether of the whole or half-blood, than second cousins.
(2) Marriages prohibited by subsection (1) of this section are incestuous and void.
KRS 402.010
Degree of relationship that will bar marriage
Known as the Kentucky Sickle Cell Disease Detection Act
The act spans §§ 402–402 (37 sections).
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case United States v. Dedman (2008)
Most recently applied in 123 F. Supp. 3d 924 - Miller v. Davis (August 2015)
History: Amended 1946 Ky
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Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.