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Fifth District: Incest

By Matt Conigliaro, Esq.

Is it always lawful for two competent, consenting adults to know each other -- in the Biblical sense? No. This Florida statute prohibits incest, which is defined as marriage or sexual intercourse between persons related by lineal consanguinity, or a brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew, or niece. Does the incest statute apply to an adoptive parent and child? Or to a niece and uncle-in-law? The

Full post as published by Abstract Appeal on April 14, 2009 (boomark / email).