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In California, for instance, the general marriage age is 18, but children may be married with parental consent and judicial approval with no minimum age limit. [50] As of June 2024, in the states that have set a marriage age by statute, the lower minimum marriage age when all exceptions are taken into account, are:
In the United States, especially in recent years, the general marriage age has been revised downward so that they are now between 18 and 21 years of age. [1] There are three sets of marriage ages: 1) general marriage age, 2) the minimum marriage age set by statute and 3) minimum marriage age set by the common law.
According to custom, the minimum age for marriage is 15 years. The Law on the Protection of the Rights of the Child discourages marriage before the age of 16. [182] Mongolia: 18: 16: Under the Family Law 1999, Art. 9.1.2 the minimum legal age of marriage is 18 years.
More than 4,800 kids under the age of 18 were married from 2000 to 2018 in Washington. ... Here is the full list of states and their minimum age requirement for marriage: Alabama: 16. Parental ...
In 2018, Gov. Chris Sununu signed a bill to raise the minimum age of marriage to 16. For over 100 years before that, the law had allowed 13-year-old girls and 14-year-old boys to get married with ...
A law to establish 18 as the minimum marriage age in Washington state is headed to the governor's desk for his signature. ... Nearly 300,000 children as young as 10 were married in the U.S ...
Marriage in the United States is a legal, social, and religious institution. The marriage age is set by each state and territory, either by statute or the common law applies. . An individual may marry without parental consent or other authorization on reaching 18 years of age in all states except in Nebraska (where the general marriage age is 19) and Mississippi (where the general marriage age ...
A child marriage bill was passed by the West Virginia Senate on Friday night after it was changed to prohibit anyone younger than 16 from getting married and to ban age gaps of more than four ...