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For instance, in 2017, Human Rights Watch pointed out that Afghanistan had a tougher law on child marriage than parts of the United States: in Afghanistan the minimum age of marriage is 15, and that is only with permission from their father or a judge; otherwise it is 16. [72]
The marriage was found valid and the separation agreement between the two parties was upheld. Etheridge v. Shaddock: April 7, 1986: Supreme Court of Arkansas: Found that a cousin marriage performed elsewhere was legal in Arkansas. A disputed change in child custody rights was therefore denied.
Arkansas Proposed Initiative Act No. 1 (2008) is an initiated state statute that was approved on November 4, 2008, election in Arkansas.This measure makes it illegal for any individuals cohabiting outside of a valid marriage to adopt or provide foster care to minors.
The law disproportionately targeted gay couples, as they could not marry in the state at the time. On December 30, 2008, plaintiffs Sheila Cole amongst others filed a lawsuit in Pulaski County Circuit Court against the Arkansas Department of Human Services and others seeking to declare the statute unconstitutional.
The text of the amendment states: [4] Marriage. Marriage consists only of the union of one man and one woman. Marital status. Legal status for unmarried persons which is identical or substantially similar to marital status shall not be valid or recognized in Arkansas, except that the legislature may recognize a common law marriage from another state between a man and a woman.
CONCORD — The New Hampshire House passed a bill to ban child marriage in New Hampshire on Thursday. Senate Bill 359 , sponsored by Sen. Debra Altschiller, D-Stratham, would raise the minimum age ...
The current laws involving child marriage are very complex in Malaysia, primarily due to conflicts between the beliefs of the government and those disposed by the religious teachings of Islam. A 41-year-old Malaysian man married an 11-year-old girl in Golok, a border town in southern Thailand , in June 2018, according to information made public ...
Prior to this, same-sex marriage in Arkansas was briefly legal for a period beginning on May 9, 2014, as a result of a ruling by Sixth Judicial Circuit Judge Chris Piazza striking down the state's constitutional and statutory bans on same-sex marriage as violating the U.S. Constitution.