The Evolution of Marriage Laws in Utah

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DOMESTIC   RELATIONS.
CHAPTER  V.
AN   ACT   REGULATING   MARRIAGE.
Section.
Section.
2583 Marriages are cestuous and void
within what degrees.
2584 Certain marriages are prohibit¬
ed and void.
2585 Issue in certain case legitimate.
2586 Courts    of   equity   jurisdiction
may declare void certain mar¬
riages.
2587 Marriages valid elsewhere, valid
here.
2588 Marriage not invalid in certain
cases.
2589 Marriages solemnized bv whom.
2590 No  marriage  solemnized with¬
out a license.
2591 License   not   to   be   issued   to
minors  without parents' con¬
sent.
2592 License to be returned to clerk.
2593 License and certificate to be filed
and recorded.
2594 Penalty  for   solemnizing   mar¬
riages without license.
2595 Penalty  for   solemnizing   mar¬
riage without authority.
2596 Penalty   for    solemnizing    for¬
bidden marriages.
2597 Penalty for issuing a license for
a prohibited marriage
2598 In the absence of clerk, probate
judge to issue license.
2599 Marriages   may be   avoided or
affirmed by a court of equity.
2600 Pines where paid.
2601 Pees of clerk.
March 8, 1888
Marriages
within what
■degree are
cestuous and
void.
Certain mar¬
riages are pro¬
hibited and de
dared void
§ 2583. s 1. Be it enacted, etc.: That marriages be¬
tween parents and children, ancestors and descendants of
every degree, and between brothers and sisters of the half as
well as the whole blood, and between uncles and neices or
aunts and nephews, or between any persons related to each
other within and not including the fourth degree of consan¬
guinity, computed according to the rules of civil law, are in¬
cestuous and void from the beginning, whether the relation¬
ship is legitimate or illegitimate.
§  2584.  s 2.    Marriage is prohibited and declared void:
1. With an idiot or lunatic.
2. When there is a husband or wife living, from whom
the person marrying has not been divorced.
3. When not solemnized by an authorized person, except
as provided in section 7 of this act.
4. When at the time of marriage the male is under
fourteen, or the female is under twelve years of age.
5. Between a negro and a white person.
6. Between a Mongolian and a white person.
§ 2585. s 3. When the marriage is contracted in good
faith and with the belief of the parties, that a former husband