Comments on: Legal Marriage Age for Girls by Country https://vividmaps.com/legal-marriage-age-girls-country/ Maps that explain the World Thu, 24 Apr 2025 04:45:23 +0000 hourly 1 By: lynn https://vividmaps.com/legal-marriage-age-girls-country/#comment-7402 Fri, 24 Feb 2023 21:28:42 +0000 https://vividmaps.com/?p=14028#comment-7402 In reply to Joe Buchman.

Turns out that the legal age for marriage is determined by state, with about 46 allowing marriages for children under the age of 18. = (

https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/child-marriage-is-currently-legal-in-46-states/

The date on the article is 2021.

]]> By: Joe Buchman https://vividmaps.com/legal-marriage-age-girls-country/#comment-384 Wed, 07 Feb 2018 18:12:00 +0000 https://vividmaps.com/?p=14028#comment-384 Where does the age of 12 for the United States come from? I’m not aware of any state that allows for marriage as young as 12 even with parental consent, and the chart would make it appear that this is true for every US State??!?

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