The U.S. Laws That Allow Underage Girls to Get Married – Motto
Most Girls Scouts spend their time learning survival skills and selling cookies. But Cassandra Levesque, 18, spent her last year in Girl Scouts drafting and then campaigning for a bill that would raise New Hampshire’s minimum marriage age from 13 to 18.
Under New Hampshire law — as in most other U.S. states — minors can marry as long as they have parental consent and a judge signs off.
Read more here: http://motto.time.com/4800353/teen-marriage-why-underage-girls-are-allowed-to-marry/
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