look at this ..
i got this from the same place you got your information at,
AGE TO MARRY/AGE OF CONSENT
by Attorney Jes Beard
FROM: (
http://jesbeard.com/1b.htm)
Age to Marry --
Under Tennessee law, a person must be at least 16 years old before they can get a marriage license, and a
marriage license is required for anyone to get married. TCA 36-3-105. For anyone less than 18, both parents or
the guardian or next of kin must join in the application for a marriage license. TCA 36-3-106. If either party is
less than 18, even if both parents sign the application, there will be a three day waiting period before the marriage
license is issued. TCA 36-3-104.
If the parents or guardian or next of kin won't join in applying for a marriage license, the couple can still get a
marriage license in Tennessee if the judge of the probate, juvenile, circuit or chancery court, or county executive
approves it. TCA 36-3-107. The judge of the probate, juvenile, circuit or chancery court, or county executive
can also waive the three day waiting period required for anyone under 18 to get a marriage license.
And even if there was some defect in the way the license was issued, or either party was less than 18 and
failed to get the required approval and the license was issued anyway, the marriage is still considered legal,
although it can be annulled.
Age of Consent --
Tennessee's rule on the age of consent, the age at which a girl (or boy) can legally consent to sexual
relations is unforgiving. Under T.C.A 39-13-506, if an adult has sex with a minor less than 18 years old, and the
adult (anyone older than 18) is at least four years older than the minor, the adult just committed statutory rape, a
Class E felony, carrying up to six years in prison. (Though the law is supposed to be applied the same whether
the minor is a boy or girl, these situations almost always involve underage girls, so that is what I will refer to.)
Now, the unforgiving part of the law is that it makes no difference how old the girl looked, or said she was, or
what the man thought her age was -- if she was under age, then sex with her was a felony.
The only exception is if the girl is married to her sexual partner. Then it doesn't matter if she is under age, or
if the man she is with (her husband) is more than four years older than she is.
If the girl was between 13 and 14, then her boyfriend could be convicted of Statutory Rape if he was four
years older than her, even if he is also a minor.
If the girl is less than 13, then she can not consent to have sex with anyone, and sexual contact with the girl
is Aggravated Sexual Battery, a class B felony, meaning you could do up to 30 years in prison, even if the girl
consented, started it, had previously had sex with others or even was working as a prostitute, and even if you are
a minor yourself when you have sex with her.
What this means is that if the girl is between age 13 and 18 she can consent to have sex with someone up to
four years older than she is, but for anyone older than that it is statutory rape, and for any girl less than 13, she is
too young to consent to having sex with anyone. The sole exception is that if the girl was legally married to her
sexual partner at the time they had sex.
im mostly referring to the part that states ... "the only exception is if the girl is married to her sexual partner then it does not matter if she is underage, or if the man she is with (her husband) is more than four years older than she"
