Current with changes from the 2024 3rd Extraordinary Session effective on or before 1/1/2025
Section 1547 - Judicial authorization; compelling reasonsUpon application by a minor of the age of sixteen or seventeen, the judge may authorize the marriage when there is a compelling reason why the marriage should take place. The court shall consider the best interest of the minor prospective spouse.
Acts 1991, No. 235, §15, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 2019, No. 401, §3.Amended by Acts 2019, No. 401,s. 3, eff. 8/1/2019.Acts 1991, No. 235, §15, eff. 1/1/1992.