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New Jersey Statutes Title 37. Marriages and Married Persons 37 § 1-1

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

a. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2021, c. 343)

b. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2021, c. 343)

c. Laws concerning marriage and civil union shall be read with gender-and race- neutral intent.

d. No person shall marry or enter into a civil union with any of the person's ancestors or descendants, or the person's sibling, or the child of the person's sibling, or the sibling of the person's parent, whether such collateral kindred be of the whole or half blood.

e. A marriage or civil union in violation of subsection d. of this section shall be absolutely void.

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