Court: Teens can marry under common law
DENVER - A 15-year-old girl can enter into a common-law marriage in Colorado, and younger girls and boys possibly can, too, a state appeals court ruled Thursday.
While the three-judge panel stopped short of setting a specific minimum age for such marriages, it said they could be legal for girls at 12 and boys at 14 under English common law, which Colorado recognizes.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060615/.../teen_marriage
Not that I think letting teens getting married is wise, but my grandparents were both 15 when they married and they were married for 57 1/2 years until my grandfather's death.
DENVER - A 15-year-old girl can enter into a common-law marriage in Colorado, and younger girls and boys possibly can, too, a state appeals court ruled Thursday.
While the three-judge panel stopped short of setting a specific minimum age for such marriages, it said they could be legal for girls at 12 and boys at 14 under English common law, which Colorado recognizes.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060615/.../teen_marriage
Not that I think letting teens getting married is wise, but my grandparents were both 15 when they married and they were married for 57 1/2 years until my grandfather's death.
try to imagine
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