[Vision2020] Re: Court: 15-year-old girls can marry -- Colorado recognizes common-law marriages

[heirdoug at netscape.net]

What a coincidence. From today's CNN:   A 15-year-old girl can enter 
into a
common-law marriage in Colorado, a state appeals court ruled Thursday.
Younger girls and boys may also be able to marry. While the three-judge
panel stopped short of setting a specific minimum age for such 
marriages, it
said they could be legal for girls at 12 and boys at 14 under English 
common
law, which Colorado recognizes.  The ruling overturned a lower-court 
judge's
decision that a girl, who is now older than...(read more)



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