{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-46-403","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 46-403","heading":"Marriages void from date of decree; age of consent.","body":"The following marriages in said District shall be illegal, and shall be void from the time when their nullity shall be declared by decree, namely:\n\n(1)\nThe marriage of a person adjudged to be, or to have been at the time a marriage was performed, unable by reason of mental incapacity to give valid consent to marriage;\n\n(2)\nAny marriage the consent to which of either party has been procured by force or fraud;\n\n(3)\nRepealed.\n\n(4)\nWhen either of the parties is under the age of consent, which is hereby declared to be 18 years of age.","path":["Title 46. Domestic Relations.","Chapter 4. Marriage."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/46-403","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"37ff4a1b5975da59f6a84ecd979b59b7c9b2f9f1056745837b18c1aec13d0e1e","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-46-402","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-46-404"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}