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The general marriage age in Puerto Rico is 21 or 18 with parental consent. [33] In Guam, the general age is 18, but 16-year-olds can get married with the consent of at least one parent or guardian. [34] In American Samoa, since September 2018, the marriage age has been 18 for both sexes. Previously, the marriage age for females was 14. [35]
The minimum age for marriage was 13 years old for males and 12 years old for females but formal betrothal could take place before that and often did. Talmud advises males to get married at 18 years old or between 16 years old and 24 years old. [283]
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:
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 ...
Must be married Restricted by age difference Restricted by authority Unrestricted Ref. Hetero Homo Hetero Homo Hetero Homo; M F M F M F M F M F M F Aguascalientes: No 12 — 16 120 118 Baja California: No 14 — 18 177, 182 Baja California Sur: No 12 — 18 286 290 Campeche: No 12 — 18 162 164 Chiapas: No 12 — 18 235 239 Chihuahua: No 14 ...
Johnson successfully campaigned for tighter restrictions on child marriage in her home state of Florida. Prior to 2018, pregnant children of any age in Florida could get married with a judge's permission. With the passage of the 2018 legislation, children under 17 are prohibited from getting married.
So, while it is not a crime for a 17-year-old to have non-commercial sex with a 60-year-old in Colorado, it is a serious crime punishable by four to twelve years in prison for an 18-year-old to engage in any sexual act, or to present at a "place of prostitution" with an intent do so, for money or any other thing of value with a seventeen-year ...
Marriage law is the body of legal specifications and requirements and other laws that regulate the initiation, continuation, and validity of marriages, an aspect of family law, that determine the validity of a marriage, and which vary considerably among countries in terms of what can and cannot be legally recognized by the state.