Tennessee § 36-3-105 - Minimum age of applicant for license.
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§ 36-3-105. Minimum age of applicant for license.
It is unlawful for any county clerk or deputy clerk in this state to issue a marriage license to any person where: Either of the contracting parties is under seventeen (17) years of age; or One (1) of the contracting parties is at least seventeen (17) years of age but less than eighteen (18) years of age and the other contracting party is at least four (4) years older than the minor contracting party. Any marriage contracted in violation of subsection (a) may be annulled upon proper proceedings therefor by such person or any interested person acting in the person's behalf. Acts 1937, ch. 81, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 8414.1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-407; Acts 2018, ch. 1049, § 3. Compiler's Notes. Acts 2018, ch. 1049, § 9 provided that the act, which amended this section, shall apply only to licenses issued for applications submitted on or after May 21, 2018. Amendments. The 2018 amendment added (a)(2); and, in present (a)(1), substituted “seventeen (17) years of age; or” for “sixteen (16) years of age, except as provided in this part.” Effective Dates. Acts 2018, ch. 1049, § 9. May 21, 2018. Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 18 Tenn. Juris., Marriage, § 4. Law Reviews. Common-Law Marriage in Tennessee, 19 Tenn. L. Rev. 83 (1947).
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