Are You
Related to One Another? - Notice of Intended
Marriage
At
Item 10 in the middle of Page 3 of the Notice of
Intended Marriage there are two boxes, for No and Yes
answers to the question about whether you are related to
one another. If you answer Yes, you need then to explain
how you are related.And, on the Declaration of No Legal Impediment to Marriage, which all couples must sign before their marriage can take place, item (b) states neither of us in a prohibited relationship.
Related means by blood, or by adoption, and a prohibited relationship is one where one of you is
- an ancestor of the other (for example, parent, grandparent, or great-grandparent, or
- a descendant of the other (for example a child, grandchild, or great-grandchild)
- or a sibling of the other (brother or sister,
either whole or half)
- cousins, even first cousins, or
- if you are uncle/aunt and niece/nephew