A Senate bill that requires juveniles to wait until they are 18 before getting married cleared committee today. Current law allows kids to get married with their parents consent as early as 12 years old. Ginger LeCompte is with Women United she says 70 percent of child marriages don’t last and it puts young people in a bad spot.
LeCompte says it just makes sense to mandate that kids wait until they are 18 to get married.
Current law requires not only parental consent, but permission from a juvenile judge. She says this would eliminate the judge’s permission.