Section 31-11-1-5 - Marriage of individual 16 or 17 years of age Two (2) individuals may marry each other if:
(1) both individuals are at least sixteen (16) years of age;(2) one (1) of the individuals is not more than four (4) years older than the other individual if the other individual is sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) years of age;(3) each individual who is less than eighteen (18) years of age:(A) has been granted an order by a juvenile court under section 7 of this chapter granting the individual approval to marry and completely emancipating the individual; and(B) not earlier than fifteen (15) days after the issuance of the order described in clause (A), presents to the clerk of the circuit court an application for a marriage license accompanied by:(i) a certified copy of the order; and(ii) a certificate of completion of any premarital counseling required under the order; and(4) the individuals are not prohibited from marrying each other for a reason set forth in this article.Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-7-1-6.
Amended by P.L. 94-2020,SEC. 4, eff. 7/1/2020.As added by P.L. 1-1997, SEC.3.