Full question:
My boyfriend and I are planning to get married in Florida. He is 17 years old and I am 15. How can we do that in Florida?
- Category: Marriage
- Subcategory: Minor
- Date:
- State: Florida
Answer:
In Florida, the minimum age prescribed by the law is 18 years of age for a person to be eligible to marry. However, the law does permit persons below 18 but more than 16 years old to marry with the consent of their parents. But, under no circumstance is a person allowed to marry if they are below the age of 16, irrespective of the fact that their parents consent to it or not.This is enumerated in Fla. Stat. § 741.0405 which reads:
“(1) If either of the parties shall be under the age of 18 years but at least 16 years of age, the county court judge or clerk of the circuit court shall issue a license for the marriage of such party only if there is first presented and filed with him or her the written consent of the parents or guardian of such minor to such marriage, acknowledged before some officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments and administer oaths. However, the license shall be issued without parental consent when both parents of such minor are deceased at the time of making application or when such minor has been married previously.
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(4) No license to marry shall be granted to any person under the age of 16 years, with or without the consent of the parents, except as provided in subsections (2) and (3).”
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(4) No license to marry shall be granted to any person under the age of 16 years, with or without the consent of the parents, except as provided in subsections (2) and (3).”
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