District of Columbia § 46-403 Marriages void from date of decree; age of consent.

District of Columbia Statutes

§ 46-403 — Marriages void from date of decree; age of consent.

District of Columbia § 46-403

Title 46Domestic Relations.

Ch. 4Marriage.

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D.C. Code § 46-403 (2026).

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The following marriages in said District shall be illegal, and shall be void from the time when their nullity shall be declared by decree, namely:

(1)The marriage of a person adjudged to be, or to have been at the time a marriage was performed, unable by reason of mental incapacity to give valid consent to marriage;

(2)Any marriage the consent to which of either party has been procured by force or fraud;

(3)Repealed.

(4)When either of the parties is under the age of consent, which is hereby declared to be 18 years of age.

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The following marriages in said District shall be illegal, and shall be void from the time when their nullity shall be declared by decree, namely:

(1) The marriage of a person adjudged to be, or to have been at the time a marriage was performed, unable by reason of mental incapacity to give valid consent to marriage;

(2) Any marriage the consent to which of either party has been procured by force or fraud;

(3) Repealed.

(4) When either of the parties is under the age of consent, which is hereby declared to be 18 years of age.

Legislative History

Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1391, ch. 854, § 1285; June 30, 1902, 32 Stat. 543, ch. 1329; Aug. 12, 1937, 50 Stat. 626, ch. 596, § 1; July 22, 1976, D.C. Law 1-75, § 5(d), 23 DCR 1182; Sept. 11, 2008, D.C. Law 17-222, § 2, 55 DCR 8295