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States have various laws regarding marriage between cousins and other close relatives, [201] which involve factors including whether or not the parties to the marriage are half-cousins, double cousins, infertile, over 65, or whether it is a tradition prevalent in a native or ancestry culture, adoption status, in-law, whether or not genetic ...
Cousin marriages remain legal in Germany. In 2007, between a fifth and a quarter of marriages among Turks in Germany were between relatives. [129] There has been discussion of whether laws prohibiting cousin marriage should be enacted. [130] Families may encourage cousin marriage as way of assisting relatives wishing to immigrate to Germany. [131]
The marriage was found valid and the separation agreement between the two parties was upheld. Etheridge v. Shaddock: April 7, 1986: Supreme Court of Arkansas: Found that a cousin marriage performed elsewhere was legal in Arkansas. A disputed change in child custody rights was therefore denied.
The South Carolina Code of Laws Section 20-1-10 specifically prohibits many types of family members from marrying, but not cousins. You can marry your second cousin, however, in all states in the ...
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Some laws prohibit sexual relations between closely related people, referred to as incestuous. Laws may also bar marriage between closely related people, which are almost universally prohibited to the second degree of consanguinity. [citation needed] Some jurisdictions forbid marriage between first cousins, while others do not.
first cousins (which is counted as fourth degree of kinship in Roman civil law tradition) In Imperial China (221 BCE to 1912), marriage between first cousins was partially allowed. Marrying the child of one’s paternal aunt, maternal uncle, or maternal aunt was generally accepted in Chinese history during most of China’s dynastic era.