# Divorced man & woman marry. Their non-local kids also marry each other. Is this legally problematic?

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In Queensland, Australia, incest laws prohibit relationships between step siblings.

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> [@Eliahna](#):
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> In Queensland, Australia, incest laws prohibit relationships between step siblings.

But oddly enough the statement of marriage rules [here](https://www.qld.gov.au/law/births-deaths-marriages-and-divorces/marriage-weddings-and-civil-partnerships/marriage/getting-married/) doesn’t mention that: it just says that you can’t get married if you are “in a relationship” with a sibling!

Kind of odd. If one didn’t know better, one might assume from that, that being “in a relationship with a sibling” was no more illegal than being in a same-sex relationship.

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