1. (1) Marriage is prohibited and void:

   1. (a) With a person who has been adjudged mentally disabled by a court of competent jurisdiction;
   2. (b) Where there is a husband or wife living, from whom the person marrying has not been divorced;
   3. (c) When not solemnized or contracted in the presence of an authorized person or society;
   4. (d) Between members of the same sex;
   5. (e) Between more than two (2) persons; and
   6. (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. (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.

Effective: July 14, 2018

History: Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 36, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2018. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 122, sec. 1, effective March 26, 1998 and ch. 258, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 212, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 141, sec. 113, effective July 1, 1982. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 92, sec. 12, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 399, effective January 2, 1978. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 49, sec. 6; and ch. 386, sec. 90. -- Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 200, sec. 10. -- Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 72, sec. 1. -- Amended 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 8, sec. 1. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2097. Note: 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 396, sec. 124 would have amended this section effective July 1, 1982. However, 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 396 was repealed by 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 141, sec. 146, also effective July 1, 1982.