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District of Columbia Annulment and Prohibited Marriage Laws
More Information on Annulment and Prohibited Marriage Laws
| Code Section | 46-401, 403, 405; 16-907, 908; 16-904 |
| Grounds for Annulment | Marriage of an idiot or adjudged lunatic; consent by force or fraud or coercion; matrimonial incapacity; Insanity: unless voluntary cohabitation after discovery of insanity. Underage: unless voluntary cohabitation after attaining age of legal consent; bigamy |
| Time Limits for Obtaining Annulment | - |
| Legitimacy of Children | Children born in or out of wedlock are legitimate children of father and mother and their blood and adopted relatives |
| Prohibited Marriages | Marriage to one whose previous marriage has not been terminated by death or divorce (bigamy); with ancestor and descendant, uncle and niece, aunt and nephew, brother and sister and corresponding in-law relationships, marriage in foreign state to avoid law |
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