Revised Statutes of 1846 (EXCERPT)
Chapter 83. Of marriage and the solemnization thereof.


551.4 Incapacity; persons woman prohibited from marrying.

Sec. 4.

     A woman shall not marry her father, brother, grandfather, son, grandson, stepfather, grandmother's husband, daughter's husband, granddaughter's husband, husband's father, husband's grandfather, husband's son, husband's grandson, brother's son, sister's son, father's brother, mother's brother, or cousin of the first degree, or another woman.


History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 83 ;-- CL 1857, 3207 ;-- CL 1871, 4722 ;-- How. 6212 ;-- CL 1897, 8591 ;-- Am. 1903, Act 257, Eff. Sept. 17, 1903 ;-- CL 1915, 11365 ;-- CL 1929, 12693 ;-- CL 1948, 551.4 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 324, Imd. Eff. June 26, 1996




Rendered 8/16/2025 6:36 AM
Michigan Compiled Laws Complete Through PA 5 of 2025
Courtesy of legislature.mi.gov