Florida Statute 741.21 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLIII
DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Chapter 741
MARRIAGE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

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F.S. 741.21

741.21 Incestuous marriages prohibited.—A man may not marry any woman to whom he is related by lineal consanguinity, nor his sister, nor his aunt, nor his niece. A woman may not marry any man to whom she is related by lineal consanguinity, nor her brother, nor her uncle, nor her nephew.

History.—RS 2602; GS 3525; RGS 5415; CGL 7558.

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Amendments to 741.21

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 741.21

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 741.21.

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Cases Citing Statute 741.21

Total Results: 5

Glenda Martinez Smith v. J. Alan Smith

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2017-08-31T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 224 So. 3d 740, 42 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 773, 2017 Fla. LEXIS 1759

Snippet: be valid.” (Emphasis added.) Similarly, section 741.21, Florida Statutes (2016), is titled “Incestuous…incestuous marriages are also considered void. § 741.21, Fla. Stat. (2016); Jones v. Jones, 119 Fla. 824

Glenda Martinez Smith v. J. Alan Smith

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-03-02T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 199 So. 3d 911, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 3130

Snippet: incestuous marriage is absolutely prohibited. See § 741.21, Fla. Stat. (2013). On the other hand, a marriage…prohibited, the legislature knows how to say it. See § 741.21, Fla. Stat. (2013). As such, and consistent with

Hall v. MAAL

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2010-03-30T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 32 So. 3d 682, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 4142, 2010 WL 1212794

Snippet: same-sex and incestuous marriages are prohibited. §§ 741.21, 741.212, Fla. Stat. (2002). The Legislature is

Beam v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2009-01-23T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 1 So. 3d 331, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 1879, 2009 WL 151096

Snippet: declared void. . . ."). Therefore, section 741.21, Florida's current statute defining and prohibiting…to our interpretation of section 826.04. Section 741.21, Florida Statutes (2006), provides: "A man…nephew." From the plain language of sections 741.21 and 826.04, it is clear that the legal definition

Ronalder v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1963-02-05T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 149 So. 2d 581

Snippet: informations charged with incest as provided against by §§ 741.21 and 741.22, Fla.Stat., F.S.A. The parties with