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KRS 402.020

Other prohibited marriages

Known as the Kentucky Sickle Cell Disease Detection Act

The act spans §§ 402–402 (37 sections).

Effective: July 14, 2018 History: Amended 2018 Ky

(1) Marriage is prohibited and void:

(a) With a person who has been adjudged mentally disabled by a court of competent jurisdiction;

(b) Where there is a husband or wife living, from whom the person marrying has not been divorced;

(c) When not solemnized or contracted in the presence of an authorized person or society;

(d) Between members of the same sex;

(e) Between more than two (2) persons; and (f) Except as provided in KRS 402.210, with a person who at the time of marriage is under eighteen (18) years of age.

(2) Subsection (1)(f) of this section shall not apply to a lawful marriage entered into in the Commonwealth of Kentucky prior to July 14, 2018, or to a lawful marriage in another state or country prior to the parties' residence in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.