Full question:
I wanna get married to my boyfriend but I am 15 years old. Is there a way that a 15 year old can get married in Connecticut?
- Category: Minors
- Date:
- State: Connecticut
Answer:
Generally, a person under the age of 16 can't get married unless a probate judge for the district in which the minor resides gives his written consent. Therefore, if you want to get married, you need a probate judge where you live to sign off on the license. Here's the law:Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-30 reads:
“(a) No license may be issued to any applicant under sixteen years of age, unless the judge of probate for the district in which the minor resides endorses his written consent on the license.
(b) No license may be issued to any applicant under eighteen years of age, unless the written consent of a parent or guardian of the person of such minor, signed and acknowledged before a person authorized to take acknowledgments of conveyances under the provisions of section 47-5a, or authorized to take acknowledgments in any other state or country, is filed with the registrar. If no parent or guardian of the person of such minor is a resident of the United States, the written consent of the judge of probate for the district in which the minor resides, endorsed on the license, shall be sufficient.”
(b) No license may be issued to any applicant under eighteen years of age, unless the written consent of a parent or guardian of the person of such minor, signed and acknowledged before a person authorized to take acknowledgments of conveyances under the provisions of section 47-5a, or authorized to take acknowledgments in any other state or country, is filed with the registrar. If no parent or guardian of the person of such minor is a resident of the United States, the written consent of the judge of probate for the district in which the minor resides, endorsed on the license, shall be sufficient.”
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