Can you get married at 14 in Alabama?
Can you get married at 14 in Alabama?
If you want to get married without parental consent, you need to be at least 18 years old in 48 of the 50 states in the United States. Parental consent is needed in Alabama and Utah at age 14, and in Nebraska and Oregon, the age is 17. The ages for males and females to marry differs in some states.
What state can you marry at 12?
Several states – including Massachusetts – allow children to get married 'in exceptional circumstances' Lawmakers in America are battling to overturn some of the country's most archaic laws, which stipulate that children as young as 12 can be married.
Can you marry your daughter in Alabama?
Alabama ranks as the 4th highest in the country for total child marriages since 2000. Current Alabama law requires permission from both parents, judicial approval, and does not allow a pregnancy exception, which is a law that means a girl younger than 16 years old can marry if she is pregnant.
Can a 16 year old get married to a 20 year old?
As your girlfriend is under 18 she needs permission from her parents for you to get married. However, this assumes that her parents were married when she was born. This would give her father automatic parental responsibility. A person aged 16 or 17 cannot marry without parental consent.
