Prohibited Degrees.—Same as in Massachusetts, with the exception that marriages between first cousins are prohibited in Michigan.
Formalities.—License is required. No particular form of celebration prescribed.
Marriage may be solemnized by any qualified clergyman, judge or justice of the peace.
Causes for Divorce:
1. Adultery.
2. Impotency at time of marriage.
3. Sentence of either party to prison for three years or more.
4. Desertion continued two years.
5. Habitual drunkenness.
6. In the court’s discretion, a divorce may be granted to any resident whose husband or wife has obtained a divorce in another State.