Incredible case: A parent wants to marry his adult child and appeals to justice

The NY Post brings an incredible case to light. Parent from New York who wants to marry his adult child, has filed a lawsuit to change the law banning incest.

The parent wants to remain anonymous because the request is “an act that a large section of society considers morally, socially and biologically disgusting,” according to court documents.

“Through a lasting marriage, two people, regardless of any other relationship they may have, can find a greater degree of expression, intimacy and spirituality,” the parent said in a petition to Manhattan federal court, which filed on April 1st.

The legal documents do not mention the gender, ages or nature of the relationship, the publication states. It is clarified that they are adults and that they are a parent and a biological child, who cannot have offspring together.

THE incest is a third-degree felony under New York law punishable by up to four years in prison. Incestuous marriages are considered invalid, while spouses are punished with fines and six months in prison.

In 2014, according to the report, a court had approved a case involving a woman married to her mother’s half-brother, noting that the genetic relationship was equivalent to that of first-degree cousins. But even this court ruling underscored the “almost global terror” faced by Marriage parent and child.

The parent in the new case who wants to marry the child tells him that he wants to propose marriage but “he will suffer emotional damage” if he does so as long as these laws apply. A parent who wants to get married in New York asks a judge to declare the laws unconstitutional and inapplicable in their case.

“Couples of parent-adult child for whom reproduction is impossible can aspire to the transcendental purposes of marriage and seek fulfillment in the highest sense of the word,” it said.

There are cases of parents who separated from their children when they were young and had a romantic relationship when they reunited decades later, says NYU Law Professor Sylvia Lo.

“I do not think there is a big popular movement, but I think as long as we keep records, there have been cases. “It’s an area where I think most people will say that the government is right to make the rules, even if they are not applied in every case.”