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South Dakota kills legislation that would raise minimum age to marry from 16 to 18

Legislators debate maturity and premarital sex before voting 8-5 to maintain 1930s-era law on marriage age

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South Dakota kills legislation that would raise minimum age to marry from 16 to 18

Legislators debate maturity and premarital sex before voting 8-5 to maintain 1930s-era law on marriage age

South-dakota , United-states , Ell-rapids , North-dakota , Minnesota , Sioux-falls , Fort-pierre , Gary-cammack , Yvonne-taylor , Becky-drury , Jon-hansen , Kadyn-wittman

South Dakota kills legislation that would raise minimum age to marry from 16 to 18

Legislators debate maturity and premarital sex before voting 8-5 to maintain 1930s-era law on marriage age

South-dakota , United-states , Minnesota , North-dakota , Sioux-falls , Fort-pierre , Ell-rapids , Oren-lesmeister , Jon-hansen , Gary-cammack , Yvonne-taylor , Kadyn-wittman

South Dakota kills legislation that would raise minimum age to marry from 16 to 18

Legislators debate maturity and premarital sex before voting 8-5 to maintain 1930s-era law on marriage age

South-dakota , United-states , North-dakota , Sioux-falls , Ell-rapids , Fort-pierre , Minnesota , Becky-drury , Yvonne-taylor , Kadyn-wittman , Oren-lesmeister , Jon-hansen

Bill to raise marital consent age from 16 to 18 killed by House State Affairs Committee

{KXLG -Watertown, SD} Currently, in South Dakota law, if you have a notarized statement of consent to marry from one parent or legal guardian, you can marry at 16 years

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