The following marriages are prohibited in the District of Columbia and shall be absolutely void ab initio, without being so decreed, and their nullity may be shown in any collateral proceedings, namely:

1. (1) Repealed.
2. (2) Repealed.
3. (2A) The marriage of a person with a person’s grandparent, grandparent’s spouse, spouse’s grandparent, parent’s sibling, parent, step-parent, spouse’s parent, child, spouse’s child, child’s spouse, sibling, child’s child, child’s child’s spouse, spouse’s child’s child, sibling’s child.
4. (3) The marriage of any persons either of whom has been previously married and whose previous marriage has not been terminated by death or a decree of divorce.

History

Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1391, ch. 854, § 1283

July 7, 2009, D.C. Law 18-9,§ 3(a), 56 DCR 3797

redesignated as § 1283a, Mar. 3, 2010, D.C. Law 18-110,§ 2(a), 57 DCR 27

Editor's Notes

Former § 46-401 was recodified as § 46-401.01 by D.C. Law 18-110, § 2(a).

Effect of Amendments

D.C. Law 18-9 repealed pars. (1) and (2); and added par. (2A).

Prior Codifications

1973 Ed., § 30-101.

1981 Ed., § 30-101.

2001 Ed., § 46-401.

Section References

This section is referenced in § 16-903, § 46-401, and § 46-405.01.

Cross References

Proceedings to annul marriage, see §§ 16-903, 16-904.