Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-3-101 (2026)
Prohibited degrees of relationship
✓ current as of May 2026
Marriage cannot be contracted with a lineal ancestor or descendant, nor the lineal ancestor or descendant of either parent, nor the lineal descendant of a grandparent, nor the lineal descendants of husband or wife, as the case may be, nor the husband or wife of a parent or lineal descendant.
Amended by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 806,s 1, eff. 4/29/2024.
Code 1858, § 2436 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 23, § 18); Shan., § 4185; Code 1932, § 8408; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-401.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1997–2022 · leading case: Aghili v. Saadatnejadi, 958 S.W.2d 784 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1997).
Aghili v. Saadatnejadi, 958 S.W.2d 784 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1997). “The final order refers to Tenn.Code Ann. § 36-3-101 (1996), rather than Tenn.”
Virginia Wolf v. Scott Walker, 766 F.3d 648 (7th Cir. 2014). “See Tenn.Code Ann. § 36-3-101; Mason v. Mason, 775 N.”
State v. Gray (Tenn. Crim. App. 1998). “The defendant now appeals this revocation contending that the trial judge abused his discretion in revoking probation; that the trial judge erred in “engaging in extrajudicial proceedings or by and through engaging in collateral considerations”; in revoking the defendant’s…”
Universal Life Church Monastery v. Wayne Nabors (6th Cir. 2022). “See TCA §§ 36-3-101, 36-3-02, 36-3-105, 36-3-108, 36-3-109, 36-3-113.”
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