Florida Statute 741.21 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 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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Cases Citing Statute 741.21

Total Results: 3

Beam v. State

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 23, 2009 | Docket: 1653933

Cited 5 times | Published

this state, declared void. . . ."). Therefore, section 741.21, Florida's current statute defining and prohibiting

Glenda Martinez Smith v. J. Alan Smith

224 So. 3d 740, 42 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 773, 2017 Fla. LEXIS 1759, 2017 WL 3774702

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Aug 31, 2017 | Docket: 6146154

Cited 2 times | Published

shall be valid.” (Emphasis added.) Similarly, section 741.21, Florida Statutes (2016), is titled “Incestuous

Glenda Martinez Smith v. J. Alan Smith

199 So. 3d 911, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 3130, 2016 WL 803625

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 2, 2016 | Docket: 3040737

Published

incestuous marriage is absolutely prohibited. See § 741.21, Fla. Stat. (2013). On the other hand, a marriage