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The minimum marriage age was 12 years for females and 14 years for males under English civil law until 1753. ... [25] Delaware, [26] Tennessee, [27] New Jersey, [28 ...
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: 4 states have no minimum age (effectively 0). 2 states have a minimum age of 15. 21 states have a minimum age of 16. 10 states have a minimum age of 17. 13 states have a minimum age of 18.
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 ...
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Amin, an activist, founded the Naila Amin Foundation to help victims of child marriage and has been pushing U.S. states to end it for years. In 2018, she helped New Jersey raise the minimum ...
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 ...
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.
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