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Understanding state statutes on minimum marriage age and exceptions
This legal resource is useful to understand state statutes on minimum marriage age in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in the United States.
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Prepared by the Tahirih Justice Center, this legal resource is useful to understand state statutes on minimum marriage age in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in the United States. It highlights the youngest age at which an individual may be legally married in each state, provides the text of key statutes on issuing marriage licenses to minors, and hyperlinks to the statutory text.