Marriage.—No male under 17 years or female under 15 years of age may contract marriage without the consent of their parents and the probate judge of the district.
Impediments.—The prohibited degrees are the same as those of Iowa.
Marriage is a civil contract which may be celebrated before a clergyman or magistrate.
Causes for Divorce.—Abandonment for one year; adultery; impotency; extreme cruelty; fraudulent contract; habitual drunkenness; gross neglect of duty; the conviction of a felony and imprisonment in the penitentiary therefor subsequent to the marriage.
Kentucky.
Marriage.—A male must be at least 14 years and a female 12 years.
Marriages below these ages are prohibited and void, but the courts having general equity jurisdiction may declare void a marriage when the male was under 16, or the female under 14 years of age at the time of the marriage, and the marriage was without the consent of the father, mother, guardian, or other person having the proper charge of his or her person, and has not been ratified by cohabitation after that age.
As a civil contract marriage may be celebrated either civilly or religiously.
Impediments.—Same as in Kansas, with the addition that marriages between whites and negroes or mulattoes are prohibited.
Causes for Divorce: