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Kentucky Annulment and Prohibited Marriage Laws
More Information on Annulment and Prohibited Marriage Laws
| Code Section | 391.100; 402.010-.030, 070; 403.120; |
| Grounds for Annulment | Capacity lacking (force, fraud, mental incapacity, drugs, alcohol); physical capacity for marriage lacking; underage; prohibited |
| Time Limits for Obtaining Annulment | Underage: Must be annulled before cohabitation after eighteenth birthday; No consent; physical incapacity: Within 90 days of knowledge; Prohibited: No later than 1 yr. after discovery |
| Legitimacy of Children | Children born of unlawful or void marriages are legitimate |
| Prohibited Marriages | Any kin closer than second cousin whole or half blood; with person mentally disabled; living spouse; underage; solemnized before one without authority unless parties believed he had authority; same sex; between more than 2 persons |
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