Connecticut becomes the 9th state to outlaw child marriage – WBUR

Connecticut

You now have to be 18 years-old to be married in the state of Connecticut. Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz signed a bill into law Friday increasing the legal age to be married from 16 to 18.

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