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The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 5.3 includes ending child marriage globally by the year 2030. [124] The Tahirih Justice Center, in collaboration with the National Forced Marriage Working Group, [125] presented a Framework for Addressing Forced and Child Marriage [126] in the U.S. National Action Plan to End Gender-Based ...
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Jan. 8—Child marriage is still legal in Washington, and on Monday state lawmakers moved along a proposed law to ban it. Today, children of any age can get married in the state. If they're 17 ...
Dawn Tyree, 51, had three children by age 16. She was a 'child bride' and today speaks out against the practice that is still legal in 43 states.
Child marriage is a marriage or domestic partnership, formal or informal, usually between a child and an adult, but can also be between a child and another child. [ 1 ] Although the age of majority (legal adulthood ) and marriage age are typically 18 years old, these thresholds can differ in different jurisdictions . [ 2 ]
Common law marriages contracted before this date are still valid. Such a valid common law marriage exists when there is capacity to enter into a marriage, the parties must be at least 16 with legal parental consent and present agreement or consent to be married, public recognition of the existence of the marriage, and consummation. [71]
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Pages in category "Child marriage in the United States" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .