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Massachusetts Annulment and Prohibited Marriage Laws
More Information on Annulment and Prohibited Marriage Laws
| Code Section | §207:1 to 8; 14 to 17; Ch. 207 §§1-8; 14-17 |
| Grounds for Annulment | Invalid marriage |
| Time Limits for Obtaining Annulment | - |
| Legitimacy of Children | Issue of relationship in consanguinity or affinity is illegitimate; issue of marriage void for prior marriage of insanity, or nonage of parties is legitimate |
| Prohibited Marriages | Former spouse living (polygamous); marriage between ancestors or descendants, brother and sister, aunt and nephew, uncle and niece, first cousins; these provisions continue even after dissolution, by death or divorce, of marriage by which affinity was created unless divorce was given because original marriage was unlawful or void; individuals under 18, unless parental consent given |
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