Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 25.05.021 (2026)
Prohibited marriages
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Sec. 25.05.021. Prohibited marriages.
Marriage is prohibited and void if performed when
(1) either party to the proposed marriage has a husband or wife living; or
(2) the parties to the proposed marriage are more closely related to each other than the fourth degree of consanguinity, whether of the whole or half blood, computed according to rules of the civil law.
Marriage is prohibited and void if performed when
(1) either party to the proposed marriage has a husband or wife living; or
(2) the parties to the proposed marriage are more closely related to each other than the fourth degree of consanguinity, whether of the whole or half blood, computed according to rules of the civil law.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1984–2014 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Rahim, 805 N.E.2d 13 (Mass. 2004).
Commonwealth v. Rahim, 805 N.E.2d 13 (Mass. 2004). “450 (LexisNexis 2002); Alaska Stat. § 25.05.021 (LexisNexis 2002); Del.”
Batey v. Batey, 933 P.2d 551 (Alaska 1997). “Equity requires that Michael be estopped from denying the existence of his marriage to Earline simply because it benefits him financially to do so.”
In Re the Est. of Shippy, 678 P.2d 848 (Wash. Ct. App. 1984). “" Alaska Stat. § 25.05.021 (1983) states: "Marriage is prohibited and void if performed when (1) either party to the proposed marriage has a husband or wife living".”
Rand Joseph Hooks Jr. v. Dawn Corretta Dennis (Alaska 2014). “051, which provides as follows: If, during the lifetime of a husband or wife with whom a marriage is still in force, a person remarries and the parties to 1 See AS 25.05.021(1) (providing marriage is void if performed when either party has living spouse).”
— Alaska Stat. § 25.05.021(1) — 2 cases
Batey v. Batey, 933 P.2d 551 (Alaska 1997). “Equity requires that Michael be estopped from denying the existence of his marriage to Earline simply because it benefits him financially to do so.”
Rand Joseph Hooks Jr. v. Dawn Corretta Dennis (Alaska 2014). “051, which provides as follows: If, during the lifetime of a husband or wife with whom a marriage is still in force, a person remarries and the parties to 1 See AS 25.05.021(1) (providing marriage is void if performed when either party has living spouse).”
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