Legal Question in Family Law in New Mexico

Can second cousins marry in the state of new Mexico ????


Asked on 10/21/13, 8:26 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
George Chandler Chandler Law of Los Alamos

Yes.

40-1-7. Incestuous marriages. (2013)

Statute text

All marriages between relations and children, including grandparents and grandchildren of all degrees; between brothers and sisters of full blood or of half blood; between uncles and nieces; and between aunts and nephews are declared incestuous and absolutely void.

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Answered on 10/22/13, 1:05 pm


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