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- From: gak@n5abi.hou.tx.us (Gene A. Kennedy)
- Newsgroups: misc.legal
- Subject: Re: need info on marriage laws
- Message-ID: <15BiuB1w164w@n5abi.hou.tx.us>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 16:25:23 CST
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- Organization: Ham Radio Operator, Houston Tex.
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- tolleson@devnull.mpd.tandem.com (Chuck Tolleson) writes:
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- > I need some help to settle a bet. Some states allow marriages
- > between first cousins. I contend that Texas is one of those
- > states that allow this. Does anyone know for sure? If not
- > Texas, then what states in the US do allow first cousins to
- > still marry without being zapped for incest? Thanks for any
- > help, $20 rides on the answer.
- > --
- To quote the Texas Penal Code, Sec 25.02 incest is sexual
- intercourse between a person and his/her:
- "(1) his ancestor or descendent by blood or adoption;
- (2) his stepchild or stepparent, while the marriage creating
- that relationship still exists;
- (3) his brother or sister of the whole or half blood or by
- adoption; or
- (4) the children of his brother or sister of the whole or half
- blood or by adoption. "
-
- Nothing there about cousins, collect your 20 :-)
-
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