
Revised child marriage bill in West Virginia gets Senate approval, heads to Gov. Jim Justice
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A West Virginia bill permitting 16 and 17-year-olds to marry under certain restrictions received approval from the state Senate. The bill will advance to the governor.
Currently, children can marry as young as 16 in West Virginia with parental consent, and anyone younger than that regardless of age can get married with a judge’s waiver.
The bill passed Saturday would remove the possibility that anyone younger than 16 could marry. Those ages 16 and 17 would have to obtain parental consent and they couldn’t marry someone more than four years older than them. Existing legal marriages, including those done in other states, would be unaffected.
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