age allowed to marry by state
The following is a state-by-state summary of the age of consent for marriage and other pertinent marriage information for the fifty states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. With parental consent and/or the consent of a judge, males can marry at fourteen years of age and females can marry at the age of twelve. On May 17, 2004, Massachusetts became the first state to recognize same-sex marriage. table_marriage. This table links to the marriage laws of the states and attempts to summarize some of their salient points. Those interested in the marriage law of a particular jurisdiction should review its law directly rather than rely on this summary which may not be fully accurate or complete. Related LII materials include: Marriage Laws of the Fifty States, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. This table links to the marriage laws of the states and attempts to summarize some of their salient points. The age of consent is eighteen. With parental consent, parties can marry at age seventeen with the exception that if one party does not have a parent who resides in the state and one party has been a resident in Oregon for at least six months, then no permission is necessary. With parental consent, parties can marry at age sixteen. Common law marriage is not recognized. The age of consent is sixteen. With parental consent, males and females under the age of 16 can marry and younger parties may receive a license by reason of pregnancy or the birth of a child. 1 (x) Applicants under age 18 must state that they have had marriage counseling. ( 2 y) If one or both parties are below the age for marriage without parental consent, three day waiting period. ( z) If a party has no parent residing within state, and one party has residence in state for six months, no permission required. Child marriage is still widespread in India despite laws raising the minimum age to 18 for women and 21 for men AFP/Getty Images. On Friday, the Spanish government announced it was to raise the marriage age from 14 to 16 to bring it into line with the rest of Europe. Estonia now has the lowest marriage age in Europe with teenagers able to get hitched at 15 with parental approval. Globally, the average legal age of marriage for boys is 17 and 16 for girls but many countries permit them, particularly girls, to marry much younger. Other countries only permit marriage among the young for certain groups. For instance, according to the US state department's humans right report on Trindad & Tobago from 2014, though the official marital age is 18 for men and women, Muslims and Hindus have a separate Marriage Act. Muslims are permitted to get married at 16 for men and 12 for girls and Hindus at 18 and 14. With parental consent and/or the consent of a judge, males can marry at age fourteen and females at age twelve. Common law marriage is recognized. The age of consent is sixteen. With parental consent and/or the consent of a judge, parties can marry under sixteen years of age.
18 years