Marriage is prohibited between two persons one of whom has attempted the life of the husband or wife of the other.
A lawful marriage cannot be concluded with a woman who has been abducted and has not yet been restored to freedom.
Marriage cannot be concluded by a person who is under sentence to imprisonment.
Preliminaries.—Before the marriage the parish priest must, on three successive holy days, publish banns in the church, and if any member of the parish knows of any impediment it is his or her duty to inform the priest. If a priest fails thus to publish banns, and impediments later appear, he is amenable to punishment.
Celebration.—The law of Servia does not recognize a civil marriage. If the parties, or one of them, belong to the Orthodox Greek Church they must be married according to the rites of that church. Christians of other sects must be married by their clergy and Jews by their authorized ministers.
Children.—Marriage of the parents subsequent to their birth renders illegitimate children fully legitimate.
Annulment of Marriage.—A marriage may be declared null by a decree of a court of competent jurisdiction whenever it appears that some essential qualification to make the marriage valid was absent at the time it was concluded, or if it appears that the marriage was concluded in disregard of the impediments stated by law.
Absolute Divorce.—A complete divorce from the marriage bond is allowed by the courts for the following causes:
2. Attempt by either spouse to kill the other.