Legal Question in Family Law in Texas

Re: Teen marriage

This is up to the judge, taking into account the best interest of the child and the parents are entitled to be served with copies of the lawsuit, and a guardian (at the child's expense) will be appointed. In short, you must sue your parents, and pay substantial fees and ask the judge to grant permission your parents refuse. The most common reason for granting such a request is pregnancy (which would be damning to your fiance unless he is not more than three years older than you, as a minor can not consent to sex), but that is no good reason to get pregnant. When you turn 18, you can marry if you like without asking anyone's leave and until then you will find some way to communicate if you so desire. At 17, the police are not likely to bring you home, but until you are 18, you would be a "runaway" if absent from home without permission and anyone who harbors you (like a finacee) would be subject to criminal prosecution for harboring a runaway in this state. By the way, a party under the age of 18 may not be common law married and a marriage without permission may be subject to an annulment.

In short, don't be in too great a hurry to grow up and sue your parents. A year or two years is not so great a time in the long run, though to one so young as yourself it may seem an eternity.

For a quote from the wise:

Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and blows up the bonfire.

Fran�ois de la Rochefoucauld

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