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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Legislators debate maturity and premarital sex before voting 8-5 to maintain 1930s-era law on marriage age
South Dakota lawmakers were hung up over the hypothetical of if a 17-year-old girl wanted to marry her 19-year-old boyfriend.
{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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Legislators debate maturity and premarital sex before voting 8-5 to maintain 1930s-era law on marriage age