Legal Question in Family Law in Mississippi
Marriageable age
What is the marriageable age in Mississippi with parental consent and without parental consent?
Asked on 6/18/09, 11:42 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
Albert Pettigrew
Law Offices Ph 228-875-8736
Re: Marriageable age
Miss. Code (1972) Section 93-1-5 provides in part that judicial authorization is necessary if the male is not at least 17 or the female is not at least 15. If either is not at least 21, a parent is given notice and has three days from the date of the license application to object. Id.
Answered on 6/19/09, 4:05 pm