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(3) Repealed.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 16 years of age.
(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.)
1981 Ed., § 30-103.
1973 Ed., § 30-103.
This section is referenced in § 16-903 and § 46-401.
D.C. Law 17-222 rewrote par. (1) and repealed par. (3).
Proceedings to annul marriage, see §§ 16-903, 16-904.
Structure District of Columbia Code
§ 46–401. Equal access to marriage
§ 46–401.01. Marriages void ab initio — In general
§ 46–402. Marriages void ab initio — Judicial decree
§ 46–403. Marriages void from date of decree; age of consent
§ 46–404. Persons allowed to institute annulment proceedings
§ 46–405. Illegal marriages entered into in another jurisdiction
§ 46–405.01. Recognition of marriages from other jurisdictions
§ 46–406. Persons authorized to celebrate marriages
§ 46–407. Celebration of marriage by unauthorized persons. [Repealed]
§ 46–408. Celebration of marriage without license. [Repealed]
§ 46–409. Issuance of license — Waiting period. [Repealed]
§ 46–410. Issuance of license — Duty of Clerk; false swearing by applicant deemed perjury
§ 46–411. Consent of parent or guardian
§ 46–412. Form of license; return; coupons
§ 46–413. Failure to make return
§ 46–415. Issue of marriages of colored persons. [Repealed]
§ 46–416. Public inspection and examination of applications
§ 46–416.01. Social security numbers to be filed with application
§ 46–417. Premarital blood tests; statement regarding test to be filed with application. [Repealed]
§ 46–418. Waiver of certain requirements. [Repealed]
§ 46–419. Financial inability to pay for blood test or required statement [Repealed]