Cousins Cannot Marry Now

A new law will go into effect in Michigan September 17 which limits degree of consanguinity within which marriages may take place by a clause including first cousins in the list. The amended law in regard to marriages, which should be understood by every county clerk and person authorized to solemnize marriages, is as follows:

"No man shall marry his mother, grandmother, daughter, granddaughter, stepmother, grandfather's wife, son's wife, grandson's wife, wife's mother, wife's grandmother, wife's granddaughter, nor his sister, brother's daughter, sister's daughter, father's sister, or mother's sister, or cousin of the first degree.

"No woman shall marry her father, grandfather, son, grandson, stepfather, grandmother's husband, daughter's husband, husband's father, husband's grandfather, husband's son, husband's grandson, nor her brother, brother's son, sister's son, father's brother, mother's brother, or [cousin] of the first degree."