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Maine Annulment and Prohibited Marriage Laws
More Information on Annulment and Prohibited Marriage Laws
| Code Section | 19-A§701 and 19-A§§751-753 |
| Grounds for Annulment | Mental illness/retardation of sufficient degree; polygamous marriage; underage |
| Time Limits for Obtaining Annulment | - |
| Legitimacy of Children | - |
| Prohibited Marriages | Between ancestor and descendant, brother and sister, aunt and nephew, uncle and niece, first cousins unless cousins obtain physician's certificate of genetic counseling prior to marriage; marriage with person suffering from severe mental illness, mental retardation; marriage out of state to evade law, polygamous; same sex |
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