Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

...ch marriage was prohibited. See, e.g., S.D. Codified Laws § 22-22A-2 (2008) (defining incest as being between persons related "within degrees of consanguinity within which marriages are, by the laws of this state, declared void. . . ."). Therefore, section 741.21, Florida's current statute defining and prohibiting incestuous marriage, is relevant to our interpretation of section 826.04. Section 741.21, Florida Statutes (2006), provides: "A man may not marry any woman to whom he is related by lineal consanguinity, nor his sister, nor his aunt, nor his niece. A woman may not marry any man to whom she is related by lineal consanguinity, nor her brother, nor her uncle, nor her nephew." From the plain language of sections 741.21 and 826.04, it is clear that the legal definition of incest is limited to persons who are related either by lineal consanguinity or collateral consanguinity....

...The disputed provision does not use the terms “void” or “voidable,” nor does it use language that embodies the traditional definitions of these terms. Other statutes clearly identify circumstances that render a marriage void; however, such language was not used in section 744.3215(2)(a). For example, section 741.211, Florida Statutes (2016), is titled “Common-law marriages void,” and provides “[n]o common-law marriage ... shall be valid.” (Emphasis added.) Similarly, section 741.21, Florida Statutes (2016), is titled “Incestuous marriages prohibited,” and provides that a man or woman “may not” marry certain relatives....

...ardian in the event that person is declared incapacitated. See § 744.3045(1), Fla. Stat. (2016). . The hearing was related to a petition to move Alan to another assisted living facility. . Bigamous and incestuous marriages are also considered void. § 741.21, Fla....

incestuous marriage is absolutely prohibited. See § 741.21, Fla. Stat. (2013). On the other hand, a marriage