Court say 15-year-old girls can marry
 

DENVER, Colorado (AP) -- A 15-year-old girl can enter into a common-law marriage in Colorado, a state appeals court ruled Thursday. Younger girls and boys may also be able to marry.

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.

The ruling overturned a lower-court judge's decision that a girl, who is now older than 18, was too young to marry when she was 15. The panel said there was no clear legislative or statutory guidance on common-law marriages, and that Colorado courts have not determined an age of consent.

Colorado is one of 10 states, plus the District of Columbia, that recognize common-law marriage, which is based on English law dating back hundreds of years.

For traditional ceremonial marriage, Colorado law sets the minimum age at 18, or 16 with parental or judicial approval.

"It appears that Colorado has adopted the common-law age of consent for marriage as 14 for a male and 12 for a female, which existed under English common law," the ruling said. "Nevertheless, we need only hold here that a 15-year-old female may enter into a valid common-law marriage."

The appeal was filed by Willis Rouse, 38, who is serving time for escape and a parole violation. He argued that he and the girl began living together in April 2002 and applied for a marriage license a year later. The girl had become legally independent by then, but her mother also consented to the marriage and accompanied the girl and Rouse to obtain a license, the ruling said.

A judge invalidated the marriage, saying anybody under age 16 needed judicial approval for either common-law or ceremonial marriage.

While Thursday's ruling found that the girl was old enough to marry, it did not conclude whether she and Rouse have a valid marriage. The court sent the case back to the trial judge to make that determination.

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/LAW/06/1....ap/index.html

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well this certainly puts a twist on the whole thing - is this going to change anyone's mind when they say, 'as long as it's legal, you can date her' mentality

This was already posted here... like seventeen times. But like I said those other seventeen times: Pedos everywhere rejoice! Now you can LEGALLY bang some underage ass.

I didnt see anything on the front page that's why I posted it and dont have the time to visit pages 2 to 5 when I show up in the morning during coffee time - sorry

Don't be sorry, search feature has been fucked up all night/morning. And I managed to jack off to this story yet again. Thanks :pimp

Don`t think that`s right! :(

well is it right is it not right thats the debate

thats not right, you cant even think properly at 12

It just makes things easier for those fundamentalist morman pedos to 'legally' take 13 year old brides. It's fucked up, especially in that state where the implications are pretty obvious.

proved out daily by some of the posters here on GFY :1orglaugh

mind you the divorce court would look something like this... :1orglaugh

http://www.tienanton.de/bilder/bicycle.jpg

it was done for thousands of years, as soon as the girl hit puberty she was ready for marriage.

Yall are surprised by this - hell there are loads of states where the age for marriage is younger than 15 - always has been

Since Im sure someone will call me on this:

"New Hampshire: A female between the age of 13 and 17 years and a male between the age of 14 and 17 years can be married only with the permission of their parent (guardian) and a waiver"

From - http://www.coolnurse.com/marriage_laws.htm

And theres Mississippi where "Marriage licenses cannot be issued to males under 17, or females under 15 years of age. If the clerk receives a signed authorization from the parents, this minimum age requirement can be waived"

We give sixteen year olds the keys to guided missiles and allow them to drive on our streets......

creepy shit

creepy shit