Title 32 — DOMESTIC RELATIONS

32-201. What constitutes marriage — No common-law marriage after January 1, 1996. (1) Marriage is a personal relation arising out of a civil contract between a man and a woman, to which the consent of parties capable of making it is necessary. Consent alone will not constitute ma…

32-202. Persons who may marry. Any unmarried male of the age of eighteen (18) years or older, and any unmarried female of the age of eighteen (18) years or older, and not otherwise disqualified, are capable of consenting to and consummating marriage. A minor under eighteen (18) a…

32-205. Incestuous marriages. Marriages between parents and children, ancestors and descendants of every degree, and between brothers and sisters of the half (1/2) as well as the whole blood, and between uncles and nieces, or aunts and nephews, are incestuous, and void from the b…

32-206. Marriages between first cousins. All marriages between first cousins are prohibited.

32-207. Polygamous marriages. A subsequent marriage contracted by any person during the life of a former husband or wife of such person, with any person other than such former husband or wife, is illegal and void from the beginning unless: 1. The former marriage of either party h…

32-208. Release from contract for unchastity. Neither party to a contract to marry is bound by a promise made in ignorance of the other’s want of personal chastity, and either is released therefrom by unchaste conduct on the part of the other, unless both parties participate ther…

32-209. Recognition of foreign or out-of-state marriages. All marriages contracted without this state, which would be valid by the laws of the state or country in which the same were contracted, are valid in this state, unless they violate the public policy of this state. Marriag…