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Old 11-14-2005, 01:33 AM
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marriage = emancipation?


I guess I'm supposed to mention that I live in Georgia currently.
I'm planning on getting married to a wonderful boy that lives in Tennessee, and we were thinking about going to Mississippi to wed as apparently girls as young as 15 can do so without parental consent, but would that marriage be recognized throughout the rest of the US too?
My question is- if we were to get married in Mississippi but choose to live our life together somewhere else, would the marriage be recognized as legal emancipation on my part or woudl there be something my mom could do to bring me home and annull the marriage?
we're thinking about going to California if that matters.
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Old 11-14-2005, 02:33 AM
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we were thinking about going to Mississippi to wed as apparently girls as young as 15 can do so without parental consent
No, they cannnot. Mississippi requires that a person be 21 (and no, I am not kidding) in order to get married without parental consent. Yes, I know there are plenty of websites that state differently, but as a former Mississippian, I can assure that they are incorrect. You can get married in Mississippi at 15 (for females) and 17 (for males) *with* parental consent
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Old 11-14-2005, 11:13 AM
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I guess I'm supposed to mention that I live in Georgia currently.
I'm planning on getting married to a wonderful boy that lives in Tennessee, and we were thinking about going to Mississippi to wed as apparently girls as young as 15 can do so without parental consent, but would that marriage be recognized throughout the rest of the US too?
My question is- if we were to get married in Mississippi but choose to live our life together somewhere else, would the marriage be recognized as legal emancipation on my part or woudl there be something my mom could do to bring me home and annull the marriage?
we're thinking about going to California if that matters.
Junior the last thing you need to do is get married at 15. It's the worst thing you could do to yourself at that age, and if your pregnant, that still isn't a good reason. If there are problems in the home talk with a school consouler.
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Old 11-15-2005, 08:34 AM
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I'm planning on getting married to a wonderful boy
Operative word is "boy". Wait until you're grown and old enough to marry a man, rather than a child.
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