§ 6.201 Consanguinity
A marriage is void if one party to the marriage is related to the other as:
(1)
an ancestor or descendant, by blood or adoption;
(2)
a brother or sister, of the whole or half blood or by adoption;
(3)
a parent’s brother or sister, of the whole or half blood or by adoption; or
(4)
a son or daughter of a brother or sister, of the whole or half blood or by adoption.
Legislative history
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.
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