| Show carryl COUSINS the question is in again asked are first cousins prohibited by law in utah from being united to each other in marriage no they are as free as those of no BO blood relationship to so wed each other first cousins are however the closest relatives who can be legally joined in wedlock in this territory the inquiry above stated do doubtless arose from the incident at the balk bait lake county clerks office where IL couple applied for information on this thi topic and were told that the law for forbade fiade cousins marrying it was also stated that the of the office inquired of several attorneys and each confirmed the state statement if this thia be the case then the legal gentlemen referred to must most have forgotten themselves for the statute is quite plain on the subject the congressional laws law passed in 1887 makes it an offense it any person rotated related to another person within and not including the fourth degree of consanguinity computed 1 according to the civil law shall ball marry etc the territorial enactment of 1892 uses use the same language the degreed of consanguinity are traced graced through a common origin or source for instance from parent to child Is one degree that is the relationship tion ship of these two tiro classes clams is in the first fant degree of consanguinity brother and nd have the relationship of the degree and uncle and adeee of the tho third degree following the same ame unvarying rule of tracing through tho tb common bead first fint due have the relationship of the fourth degree of consanguinity this is the computation oom of the civil law which la Is simple and easily understood not only joy by judges and lawyers but by other people who give the subject attention As the fourth degree of consanguinity is in exempted from the inhibition of the jaw it follows that first cousins so lar far as s the legal aspect ot of the case is con arned earned may be properly joined in mod wedlock loes |
