5. Wilful desertion continued for three years.
Limited divorces are granted to women only on the grounds of husband's cruelty, abandonment, or such conduct on husband's part as makes cohabitation unsafe.
MARRIAGE.--The minimum age for marriage is not fixed by statute. Parental consent is required for males under 21 years and females under 18 years.
The prohibited degrees of relationship are the same as in Massachusetts.
Marriages of whites with negroes, mulattoes, or persons having more than one-eighth negro blood, and marriages between Mongolians, or persons having more than one-eighth Mongolian blood, are prohibited.
Marriage cannot be concluded without a license duly issued. It may be solemnized by either clergyman or magistrate.
1. Relationship within prohibited degrees.
7. Pregnancy of the wife at marriage, by another man, unknown to husband.
9. If either party had another husband or wife at time of second marriage.
11. Habitual use of opium, morphine or other drug.
MARRIAGE.--The minimum age at which marriage can be concluded is 15 years for males and 12 years for females.
Parental consent is necessary for males under 21 years or females under 18 years.
PROHIBITED DEGREES.--Marriage is forbidden between ascendants and descendants, between brothers and sisters of the half as well as of the whole blood, and between uncles and nieces, and aunts and nephews. This applies to legitimate or illegitimate kindred.
Marriage is also prohibited between whites and negroes.
FORMALITIES.--No particular form of marriage is prescribed, but a license is necessary.
3. Absence without reasonable cause for one year.
5. Conviction of felony or infamous crime.
10. Conviction prior to marriage by either party of felony or infamous crime, unknown to the other spouse.
11. Pregnancy at time of marriage of wife by another man.
Upon granting a divorce the court will make such direction concerning custody of children, and maintenance of wife, as justice may require.
MARRIAGE.--Males cannot marry under 18 years and females under 16 years. If either party is a minor parental consent is required.
IMPEDIMENTS.--Marriages between ancestors and descendants of every degree, between brothers and sisters of whole or half blood, between uncles and nieces, or aunts and nephews, legitimate or illegitimate, are forbidden.