1. REQUIREMENTS OF MARRIAGE
FAMILY LAW
REQUIREMENTS OF MARRIAGE

2. Essential Requirements
Termination of Prior
Marriages
Mental Capacity
Valid Consent
Essential Requirements
for Marriage
Minimum Age
Sexual Capacity
Absence of Prohibited
Relationships

3. Absence of Prohibited Relationships
A marriage between people too closely related by consanguinity (blood) is not valid.
A man may not marry:
his grandmother
his mother
his daughter
his sister
his granddaughter
A woman may not marry:
her grandfather
her father
her son
her brother
her grandson

4. 18 without consent; 16 with parental consent
Marriage Licence
Marriage Ceremony
Priest,
Rabbi,
Judge/JP
Formal Requirements
for Marriage
Age Requirement
Registering the
Marriage
18 without consent; 16 with parental consent