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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-102 (2026)

Minimum age; affliction with venereal disease, disqualification

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At the time of the marriage the male must be of the age of seventeen years or upward, and the female of the age of seventeen years or upward. No person who is afflicted with a venereal disease shall marry in this state.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1931–2019 · leading case: Christensen v. Christensen, 14 N.W.2d 613 (Neb. 1944).
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Christensen v. Christensen, 14 N.W.2d 613 (Neb. 1944). · cites it 4× “The reasons given for this contention are that section 42-102, Comp. St. 1929, provides that, “No person who is afflicted with a venereal disease shall marry in the state”; and, that it appears from the undisputed evidence that plaintiff made an affidavit with respect thereto,…”
James Farmer v. State of Florida, 268 So. 3d 1009 (Fla. 1st DCA 2019). “§ 10-1-202 (2018); Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-102 (2018); Nev. Res.”
Collins v. Hoag & Rollins, Inc., 238 N.W. 351 (Neb. 1931). · cites it 2× “vided definite and positive requirements for marriages which were to be solemnized in accordance therewith, but did not affect other forms of marriage as herein set out, and as the legislature struck out the line which was found in the original bill introduced in reference to…”
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