Article 10 of the RA Family Code provides that the mutual voluntary consent of a man and a woman and the marital age of them are necessary for marriage conclusion. At the same time a person can get married at the age of 17, in case of his parents, adoptive parents or guardians consent. A person can get married at the age of 16, in case of his parents, adoptive parents or guardian consent, and married the second party is at least 18 years old.
In cases provided in Article 11 of the Code, marriage conclusion is prohibited:
a) if at least one of the persons is in a marriage, registered by the procedure established by the law;
b) between close relatives (direct relatives: parents and children, grandparents and grandchildren, as well as siblings and siblings with common mother or common father, aunts, uncles and cousins);
c) between the adopters and adopted;
d) between the persons, at least one of who is recognized incapable by court.
