2. Nearness of relationship by blood or marriage.
3. Impotency.
To constitute an actual contract of marriage the parties must be consenting thereto voluntarily, and without any fraud practiced upon either.
Impediments.—Marriages between whites and persons of African descent are prohibited.
A man shall not marry his stepmother, or mother-in-law, or daughter-in-law, or stepdaughter, or granddaughter of his wife.
A woman shall not marry her corresponding relatives.
Marriage is forbidden between ascendants and descendants. Any marriage within the Levitical degrees is a criminal offense.
Celebration.—Marriage is a civil contract and no form of solemnization is prescribed by statute.
Divorce.—There are two forms of divorce in Georgia, a total divorce and a divorce from bed and board. The causes for total divorce are:
1. Intermarriage by persons within the prohibited degrees of relationship.