Govenor Gretchen Whitmer signed the dotted line on the last child marriage bill in the state, banning the practice. State ...
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation to prevent child marriage, raising the minimum age for a person to consent to ...
The reading of the banns of marriage is set to be dropped. The Church of England is reviewing the 800-year-old practice amid fears it is deterring young couples from choosing a religious ceremony.
According to data reviewed by the Times, there have been 48 marriages involving minors in California since 2019 -- and those are only the ones that have been reported.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday signed the last bill banning child marriage, building off previous legislation signed this year that puts an end to what advocates call a human rights abuse that ...
The marriage certificate appears unremarkable — another piece of government paper. But Mandy Havlik keeps a copy of it as proof of her past. It was issued by the state of Arizona in 1999, a week ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Michigan lawmakers in Lansing on Wednesday voted to ban child marriage in the state. Currently, Michigan allows marriage of children ages 17 and 16 with written consent ...
For the second time in less than a month, a federal judge has upheld Connecticut's assault weapons ban by denying an injunction seeking a temporary halt to the enforcement of the ban as part of a ...
LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed a series of bills to strengthen and help implement a ban on child marriage she signed into law in July, Whitmer's office said Tuesday. The minimum age ...
Busia district has moved to ban disco matanga following outrageous behaviour resulting in alarming cases of teenage pregnancies and early marriages. Grassroots consultations have started despite ...