{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-402.010","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 402.010","heading":"Degree of relationship that will bar marriage.","body":"(1) No marriage shall be contracted between persons who are nearer of kin to each\nother by consanguinity, whether of the whole or half-blood, than second cousins.\n(2) Marriages prohibited by subsection (1) of this section are incestuous and void.","path":["KRS Chapter 402"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=36465","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:28Z","sha256":"aa918b39a82ba804278dfc8ee24ade3ee0ae4969a8bedb5158f3fdf210a927d4","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-402.005","next":"us-ky/krs-402.020"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}