Limited divorces are not granted.
Tennessee.
Marriage.—The lowest age at which males can marry is 16 years, females 14 years. Parental consent is necessary for males under 21 years and females under 18 years.
Consanguinity and Affinity.—The prohibited degrees are the same as in Massachusetts.
Marriages of whites with negroes, mulattoes or persons of mixed blood are forbidden. A person declared guilty of adultery is forbidden his or her accomplice during the lifetime of the former spouse.
Formalities.—License necessary. Marriage ceremony may be religious or civil in form.
Causes for Divorce:
1. Natural impotence and incapacity of procreation at time of marriage, and still existing.
2. A previous marriage still subsisting.
3. Adultery.