Can a 16-year-old marry without the involvement of authorities when they have their mother's consent?

Answer 1

All states require parental permission for a minor to marry. Some states make exceptions in situations of special circumstances. The age of majority in most states is 18, in Alabama and Nebraska it is 19 and in Mississippi and Pennsylvania it is 21. Therefore a minor who leaves the family home w/o parental consent can be reported to authorities as a runaway/absentee minor. Even with parental consent certain state laws would apply if the sixteen years old wished to co-habitate, two such laws are, state laws pertaining to consensual sex and those relating to compulsory education ages.

Answer 2

no.If you can find someone to do it, it will be a void anywase. You cannot legally enter into a contract until you are 18. Marriage is a contract.

Yes, if the mother is the sole custodian of the minor or if both parents are in agreement with the marriage and it is allowed under the laws of the state in which the minor resides. It would not be an issue for DFS or other state authorities.

Answer(06/13/09) Why would you want to?

It is a statistical fact that relationships involving people who co-habitat and/or get married prior to age 24 have an 85% failure rate. Biologically, this is when females reach full mature on the physical, emotional, and hormonal levels. At this point, a woman is fully prepared to have and handle children, as well as a male that is still not fully mature.

Males don't reach full physical and hormonal maturity until age 30. This is also when they reach their peak emotional maturity, but not to the point of being fully independent. Half of the male emotional health comes from a woman. The biochemical frequency range of the male brain adjusts itself to match that of the female, developing an emotional symbiotic relationship.

Couples who begin cohabiting and/or get married prior to age 24 can find themselves drawing away from each other as each reaches full maturity. Their whole view of the world, and each other, changes. This doesn't happen to all couples, but clearly it is a factor in most relationship breakdowns.

Rutgers University Study - Should We Live Together?Cohabiting couples breakup three times more than married couples. Cohabiting couples that later marry have a 46% higher rate of divorce than those who did not cohabit prior to marriage. See Link Below

Answer 3

Everyone has or had a father. If the father is deceased or the mother has been granted full legal custody then the mother can allow her minor child to marry. If that is not the case, the biological father consent will be necesssary also or the court will have to waive the necessity for such consent.

Answer 4

While in specifics the law gets a bit confusing, the general consensus is that a minor may get married at the age of 16 in the United States, though they must have parental consent. Without the consent of their parents, marriage is illegal until the age of 18. Certain states have exceptions to this rule, however. It is best to do appropriate research on your state's laws if you wish to marry.