Legal Question in Discrimination Law in Texas

in the state of texas are you able to marry if the bride is 17 and pregnant and the groom is twenty


Asked on 4/11/10, 8:40 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Charles Williamson Charles J. Williamson, Attorney At Law

Actually, if you're the man who got this 17-year old child pregnant, you could be arrested for rape since the cut-off age for having sex is 18. 18 is also the age at which permission is not required from the girl's parents in order to marry her. Hence, you need to get written permission from her parents before you can legally marry her. Marrying her, however, will not necessarily protect you against being arrested for statutory rape.

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Answered on 4/16/10, 9:05 pm


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