Thursday, January 4, 2018

Advocates are fighting to outlaw adult marriages to minors

Source: ABA Journal



On her TV show last summer, comedian Samantha Bee told the story of a teenage girl, Cassandra Levesque, who learned about child marriage laws at a Girl Scouts conference. Cassandra was upset after discovering that most states allow girls as young as 13—and boys as young as 14—to be married with the simple consent of a judge.

Read more about this at the ABA Journal


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