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KRS 402.020: Other prohibited marriages.

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  1. KRS Chapter 402

(1) Marriage is prohibited and void:

(a) With a person who has been adjudged mentally disabled by a court of

competent jurisdiction;

(b) Where there is a husband or wife living, from whom the person marrying has

not been divorced;

(c) When not solemnized or contracted in the presence of an author ized person or

society;

(d) Between members of the same sex;

(e) Between more than two (2) persons; and

(f) Except as provided in KRS 402.210, with a person who at the time of

marriage is under eighteen (18) years of age.

(2) Subsection (1)(f) of this sect ion shall not apply to a lawful marriage entered into in

the Commonwealth of Kentucky prior to July 14, 2018, or to a lawful marriage in

another state or country prior to the parties' residence in the Commonwealth of

Kentucky.

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