03-09-2017, 01:44 PM
(03-09-2017, 01:31 PM)sally Wrote: 16 with parental consent seems reasonable to me. That's the age I got married. 13 is too young.
That's how it is in most states today and makes sense to me too.
The age of marriage in the United States is 18, with two exceptions—Nebraska (19) and Mississippi (21). However, most states have exceptions allowing marriage at younger ages with parental consent, judicial approval, in cases of pregnancy, or in a combination of these situations. Most states allow parties aged 16 and 17 to marry with parental consent alone. In many states, children under 16 can be married too, in special circumstances. The absolute minimum age set by statute varies by state between 13 and 17, while in 27 states there is no statutory minimum age if the other legal conditions are met. Although in such states there is no set minimum age by statute, the traditional common law minimum age is 14 for boys and 12 for girls - ages which have been confirmed by case law in some states.
There's also a chart with the state-by-state legal marrying ages here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_mar...ted_States