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Md. CRIMINAL LAW Code Ann. § 10-501

Annotated Code of Maryland

*** Statutes current through emergency legislation effective May 15, 2014, and legislation effective June 1, 2014 ***

*** 2014 General Assembly Regular Session ***

CRIMINAL LAW

TITLE 10. CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH, CONDUCT, AND SENSIBILITIES

SUBTITLE 5. CRIMES AGAINST MARRIAGE

Md. CRIMINAL LAW Code Ann. § 10-501 (2014)

§ 10-501. Adultery

(a) Prohibited. -- A person may not commit adultery.

(b) Penalty. -- A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be fined $ 10.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 3; 2002, ch. 26, § 2.

Md. FAMILY LAW Code Ann. § 2-201

Annotated Code of Maryland

*** Statutes current through emergency legislation effective May 15, 2014, and legislation effective June 1, 2014 ***

*** 2014 General Assembly Regular Session ***

FAMILY LAW

TITLE 2. MARRIAGE

SUBTITLE 2. VALID MARRIAGES; VOID MARRIAGES

Md. FAMILY LAW Code Ann. § 2-201 (2014)

§ 2-201. Valid marriages

(a) Construction. -- This section may not be construed to invalidate any other provision of this title.

(b) In general. -- Only a marriage between two individuals who are not otherwise prohibited from marrying is valid in this State.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 62, § 1; 1984, ch. 296, § 2; 2012, ch. 2.

On January 1, 2013, the Civil Marriage Protection Act took effect, and same-sex marriage in Maryland became legal.

Maryland Marriage Statute..

Valid Marriages

(a) Construction. — This section may not be construed to invalidate any other provision of this title.

(b) In general. — Only a marriage between two individuals who are not otherwise prohibited from marrying is valid in this State.

[An. Code 1957, art. 62, § 1; 1984, ch. 296, § 2.]

Prohibited Marriages

(a) In general.- Any marriage performed in this State that is prohibited by this section is void.

(b) Marriages within 3 degrees of direct lineal consanguinity or within first degree of collateral consanguinity prohibited; penalties.-

(1) A man may not marry his:

(i) grandmother; (ii) mother; (iii) daughter; (iv) sister; or (v) granddaughter.

(2) A woman may not marry her:

(i) grandfather; (ii) father; (iii) son; (iv) brother; or (v) grandson.

(3) An individual who violates any provision of this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine of $1,500.

(1) A man may not marry his:

(i) grandfather’s wife; (ii) wife’s grandmother; (iii) father’s sister; (iv) mother’s sister; (v) stepmother; (vi) wife’s mother; (vii) wife’s daughter; (viii) son’s wife; (ix) grandson’s wife; (x) wife’s granddaughter; (xi) brother’s daughter; or (xii) sister’s daughter.

(2) A woman may not marry her:

(i) grandmother’s husband; (ii) husband’s grandfather; (iii) father’s brother; (iv) mother’s brother; (v) stepfather; (vi) husband’s father; (vii) husband’s son; (viii) daughter’s husband; (ix) husband’s grandson; (x) brother’s son; (xi) sister’s son; or (xii) granddaughter’s husband.

[An. Code 1957, art. 27, §§ 390, 391; art. 62, §§ 1, 2; 1984, ch. 296, § 2; 2002, ch. 424.]