Indiana Code
Ind. Code § 31-11-1-2 (2026)
Marriage to close relative prohibited; marriages between cousins; exceptions
✓ current as of May 2026
Sec. 2. Two (2) individuals may not marry each other if the individuals are more closely related than second cousins. However, two (2) individuals may marry each other if the individuals are:
(1) first cousins; and
(2) both at least sixty-five (65) years of age.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-7-1-3.]
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.3.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 2004–2014 · leading case: Baskin v. Bogan, 12 F. Supp. 3d 1144 (S.D. Ind. 2014).
Baskin v. Bogan, 12 F. Supp. 3d 1144 (S.D. Ind. 2014). “In addition to prohibiting same-sex marriages, Indiana prohibits bigamous marriages and marriages between relatives more closely related than second cousins unless they are first cousins over the age of sixty-five.”
Clinic for Women, Inc. v. Brizzi, 837 N.E.2d 973 (Ind. 2005). “, Ind.Code §§ 31-11-1-2, 31-11-8-3. [10] See, e.”
Skolak v. Skolak, 895 N.E.2d 1241 (Ind. Ct. App. 2008). “" Ind. Code § 31-11-1-2 . This statute was in effect until it was superseded on May 8, 1995.”
Commonwealth v. Rahim, 805 N.E.2d 13 (Mass. 2004). “§ 35-46-1-3 (Lexis 1998); Ind. Code Ann. § 31-11-1-2 (LexisNexis 2003); Iowa Code § 726.”
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