DOVER, Del. (AP) - May 6, 2009
Sen. Michael Katz said it seems logical that a half brother and
half sister shouldn't be able to marry. The issue came to his
attention after Sussex County Clerk of the Peace George Parish was
asked to marry a half brother and half sister.
Currently, Delaware policy is not to grant marriage licenses to
half siblings and a whole host of full-blood relatives. But the law
doesn't ban marriages between half siblings.
So Katz introduced a bill last week in the Senate after clerks
of the peace in all three counties requested such legislation to
close the loophole.
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Information from: The (Wilmington, Del.) News Journal,
http://www.delawareonline.com
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