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S.C. Code Ann. § 20-1-10

Persons who may contract matrimony

Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Bostic v. Schaefer (2014)

Most recently applied in Condon v. Haley (November 2014)

1962 Code SECTION 20-1; 1952 Code SECTION 20-1; 1942 Code SECTION 8556; 1932 Code SECTION 8556; Civ

(A) All persons, except mentally incompetent persons and persons whose marriage is prohibited by this section, may lawfully contract matrimony.

(B) No man shall marry his mother, grandmother, daughter, granddaughter, stepmother, sister, grandfather's wife, son's wife, grandson's wife, wife's mother, wife's grandmother, wife's daughter, wife's granddaughter, brother's daughter, sister's daughter, father's sister, mother's sister, or another man.

(C) No woman shall marry her father, grandfather, son, grandson, stepfather, brother, grandmother's husband, daughter's husband, granddaughter's husband, husband's father, husband's grandfather, husband's son, husband's grandson, brother's son, sister's son, father's brother, mother's brother, or another woman.

Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.