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Payzee Mahmod was just 16 when she was 'coerced' into marrying a 'big, balding man almost twice her age' by her father Mahmod Babakir Mahmod, an asylum seeker from Kurdistan.
In an effort to protect children from exploitation, the legal minimum age of marriage in England and Wales has increased to 18, the British government announced Monday.
The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act 2022, which gained Royal Assent in April last year, has come into force today (27 February). It means that 16 and 17 year olds will no longer be allowed to marry or enter a civil partnership, even if they have parental consent. It is now illegal andThe Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act 2022, which gained Royal Assent in April last year, has come into force today (27 February). It means that 16 and 17 year olds will no longer be allowed to marry or enter a civil partnership, even if they have parental consent. It is now illegal...
The minimum age for marriage has been increased to 18.
The legal age to marry has been raised to 18 in England and Wales.