If you are under sixteen 16 years of age, you cannot get married in Illinois. Indiana: A certified copy of your birth certificate is required. If you are 17 years old you must apply for the license with both parents or the person with legal custody. They will need to sign the consent portion of the application. Iowa: Under 18 applicants 16 or 17 years of age need to have parental consent.
Kansas: The minimum age to get married is 15 in Kansas. Teens who are 16 or 17 years old need to obtain one of the following in order to get married in Kansas: Obtain parental or legal guardian permission and judicial consent. Receive permission from both parents or legal guardian. Kentucky: If you are 16 or 17 years old, you must have the consent of your parents or legal guardian.
Custody papers are required if your parents are divorced. It has to be witnessed by two witnesses who are at least 18 years old, signed by your parent or legal guardian, and sworn by the deputy clerk. If you are a pregnant minor you may apply to a district court judge for permission to marry without parental consent.
If you are under 16, you must get approval to marry from the District Court. Minors cannot get married in Kentucky if parents or guardians are not residents of Kentucky. If your parents were divorced, you will need to have them show a certified copy of the custody judgment. A court order is necessary for anyone under the age of 16 to receive a marriage license. Maine: Those who are 16 or 17 years old will need parental consent. Anyone under the age of 16 needs written parental consent and the written approval of a judge.
Maryland: Parental consent is needed if under 18 years of age. If you are between years of age, one of your parents or guardian must be with you and provide written consent. If you are under 18, pregnant or have a child, and show a certificate from a licensed physician stating you are pregnant or have had a child, the parental consent requirement may be waived. Massachusetts: If you are under 18 years old, you will need a court order from either a probate court or district court in the locale where you live in order to apply for a marriage license.
Michigan: If you are 16 or 17 years old, you can get married with written parental consent. If you are 15 or younger, you will need both parental consent and the approval of the probate court. Brides under 15 years old, and males under 17 years old, cannot marry in Mississippi. Missouri: If you are under 18 years old, you must have parental consent. Anyone under the age of 15 must have the approval of a county judge to receive a marriage license. Montana: If you are 16 or 17 years old, you must have the consent of both parents unless only one parent has legal custody of you.
Proof of age must be in the form of a certified copy of your birth certificate. Both of you, as a couple, will also have to attend at least two counseling sessions that are at least 10 days apart. This has to be done with a designated counselor who will then have to provide a letter that states the names of the couple, their ages, the dates of the counseling sessions, and what the counselor thinks about their possible marriage. No one 15 years of age or younger may marry in Montana.
Nebraska: No one may marry in Nebraska if they are under 17 years of age. Any one under 19 years old will need a notarized parental consent form in order to apply for a marriage license. Nevada: If you are 16 or 17 years old, you must have one parent or legal guardian present. A notarized written permission is also acceptable. It must be written in English and needs to state the name, birth date, age of the minor child, along with the relationship of the person giving consent.
The notary must note that the parent or guardian personally appeared before or was subscribed and sworn to. If you are under 16, marriage can be authorized only by court order when the request has been filed by either parent or legal guardian. New Hampshire: The law is complicated in New Hampshire.
Individuals under the age of 18 may not marry in New Hampshire without parental approval and a judicial waiver. Brides must be at least 13 years of age and grooms must be at least 14 years of age before their parents can apply for a judicial waiver.
New Jersey: If you are under 18 years of age, you will need both parents to give consent in front of two witnesses in order for you to receive a marriage license. Those under 16 need judicial approval. In the case of pregnancy or the birth of a child, special provisions may apply. New Mexico: In order to get married, a court order is necessary for anyone under 16 years of age.
If you are between 16 and 17 years old, you will need parental consent. New York: If you are 16 or 17 years of age, you will need to have a completed parental consent form filled out by both parents. If you are either 14 or 15 years of age, you will need to show the written consent of both parents and a justice of the Supreme Court or a judge of the local Family Court. Applicants under 14 years of age cannot marry. Your parents or guardians must give their consent in person before the town or city clerk or some other authorized official.
If they are out of state, a notarized affidavit is acceptable but has to be accompanied by a certificate of authentication when the consent is filed in New York State. North Carolina: Anyone under 20 years of age will need to show a certified copy of their birth certificate.
If you are between 16 and 17 years old, you will have to show parental consent. Anyone under 14 years of age cannot get married. North Dakota: If you are between 16 and 18 years old, you will need the notarized consent of your parents.
Ohio: If you are 18 to 21 years of age, you will need to show your birth certificate. Persons aged must have consent to marry from parents or legal guardians and may have to contact the Probate Court. Additionally, the Judge may require the minors to state that they have received marriage counseling that is satisfactory to the court.
Section Oklahoma: If you are under 18, your parents must appear at the courthouse with you to sign a consent form. Minors must wait three days before the marriage license is valid.
Those 17 years of age will need parental consent. Anyone under 16 years of age needs parental consent and the approval of a Judge of the Orphans Court. Females under the age of 16, and males under the age of 18 cannot get married without prior approval from the Family Court. Some even condone marriage when it results from statutory rape. Child marriage has long been portrayed as an issue in the developing world — especially in India and various nations in Africa and the Middle East.
Americans are often surprised by its persistence right here at home. Many assume that it was a practice brought to the United States by immigrant populations, or one used in isolationist religious sects. Neither belief is borne out by the numbers. Even at the height of immigration to the United States in the s and s, U. In both cases, poor girls in rural states accounted for the numbers.
Opposition to child marriage in the United States also has a long history, dating back to the middle of the 19th century. This means that with judicial or parental consent, children as young as 10, 11 and 12 have been married in the U.
When exceptions are taken into consideration, 25 states actually do not have an absolute minimum marriageable age. When activists have sought to eliminate those exceptions and ban marriage prior to age 18 outright, as they are attempting to do in about 10 states nationwide today, they have met with substantial pushback.
Some religious conservatives worry that without access to marriage, pregnant girls might turn to abortion. Others simply place faith in the institution of marriage to establish a happy and financially secure household. This is despite the fact that studies have shown that marriage as a minor is much more likely to lead to divorce, to dropping out of high school, to spousal abuse and to mental and physical health problems.
Only when Americans are able to have more honest conversations about what marriage really looks like — as opposed to some idealized image of marital perfection — are we likely to see the abolition of child marriage in the United States. Festival of Social Science — Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire. Edition: Available editions United Kingdom. Become an author Sign up as a reader Sign in. Women protest against child marriage in Albany, New York.
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