Section 402.020 - Other prohibited marriages(1) Marriage is prohibited and void:(a) With a person who has been adjudged mentally disabled by a court of competent jurisdiction;(b) Where there is a husband or wife living, from whom the person marrying has not been divorced;(c) When not solemnized or contracted in the presence of an authorized person or society;(d) Between members of the same sex;(e) Between more than two (2) persons; and(f) Except as provided in KRS 402.210, with a person who at the time of marriage is under eighteen (18) years of age.(2) Subsection (1)(f) of this section shall not apply to a lawful marriage entered into in the Commonwealth of Kentucky prior to July 14, 2018, or to a lawful marriage in another state or country prior to the parties' residence in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.Amended by 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 36,§ 1, eff. 7/14/2018.Effective:7/15/1998
Amended 1998, Ky. Acts ch. 122, sec. 1, effective 3/26/1998 and ch. 258, sec. 2, effective7/15/1998. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 212, sec. 1, effective 7/15/1988. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 141, sec. 113, effective 7/1/1982. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 92, sec. 12, effective 6/17/1978. --Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 399, effective 1/2/1978. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 49, sec. 6; and ch. 386, sec. 90. -- Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 200, sec. 10. -- Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 72, sec. 1. --Amended 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 8, sec. 1. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective 10/1/1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2097.