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Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 (1986 c 16)

The Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 modified the legal restrictions on marital relationships between individuals related by blood or marriage. By broadening permissible degrees of relationship, it aimed to modernise family law and address contemporary social standards. This legislation allowed marriages between certain relatives, such as in-laws, previously prohibited under older statutes unless a partner was deceased. Parliament enacted these changes to reflect evolving societal norms about family structures, facilitating marriages that posed no concern for genetic or social harm, thereby simplifying previously complex prohibitions.

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Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 (1986 c 16)

The Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 modified the legal restrictions on marital relationships between individuals related by blood or marriage. By broadening permissible degrees of relationship, it aimed to modernise family law and address contemporary social standards. This legislation allowed marriages between certain relatives, such as in-laws, previously prohibited under older statutes unless a partner was deceased. Parliament enacted these changes to reflect evolving societal norms about family structures, facilitating marriages that posed no concern for genetic or social harm, thereby simplifying previously complex prohibitions.

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