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West Virginia Annulment and Prohibited Marriage Laws
More Information on Annulment and Prohibited Marriage Laws
| Code Section | 42-1-7; 48-1-101; 48-3-103; 48-2-302 |
| Grounds for Annulment | Previous marriage undissolved; within line of prohibited consanguinity; party insane; venereal disease; impotency; underage; convicted of infamous offense prior to marriage; wife with child of another man or had been a prostitute; husband had been a licentious person 48-2-302 |
| Time Limits for Obtaining Annulment | - |
| Legitimacy of Children | Children of annulled or prohibited marriage are legitimate |
| Prohibited Marriages | Between ancestor and descendant, brother and sister, half-brother and half-sister, aunt and nephew, uncle and niece, first cousins, double cousins (unless relationship created solely by adoption); Out of state marriage entered into to avoid State law |
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