Arkansas Judge's Order Allows 17 Year Old Male To Marry
by Rob Moritz, Arkansas News Bureau: A 17-year-old male headed to the military has married his 18-year-old girlfriend with a judge's permission in Pulaski County, further clouding the issues surrounding a new state law governing underage nuptials. George Adams III of Alexander said Tuesday he was denied a marriage license in neighboring Saline Co. after being told he was too young under a revised state law that set the marriage age of consent at 18. Adams turns 18 on Nov. 21. In Pulaski Co., however, Adams said an employee of the county clerk's office told him he could get married if he got a judge's approval. On Friday, Adams, fiance Millicent Sears, also of Alexander, and his mother met with Circuit Judge Richard Moore, who later signed the order allowing for the marriage license to be issued." I told (the judge) I'm going into the Army to serve for the government, that I'm almost 18 and that my mom is leaving and I'd love to get married so my mom can see me before she moves to New Zealand.". . . The couple married Saturday . . . [Read More]
ARRA Editor comment: Finally a Judge with more sense than the Governor or the legislators. If you can enlist under 18, take an Federal oath binding you to 2 to 4 years military service, drive a Hummer or Truck, carry a gun, be asked to kill and die for your country, they you should be able to get married! Also does Act 441 make sense when it sets the age for marriage at 18 but allows a girl under 18 who is pregnant to get married but denies the father of the child who is also under 18 from marring her? Do young ladies only get pregnant with older guys? But they can go to an abortion clinic together! It is time for the legislature to fix many of these problems. What about those teens who have appeared before the court and has been legally emancipated and declared competent to live on their own without a guardian or parental oversight? What about returning to parents their rights as parents for giving permission to their children between say ages 16 and 18 to marry regardless of whether or not their child has participated in premarital sex? What was State Rep. Will Bond, D-Jacksonville and the other sponsors of Act 441 thinking -- or were they?
Tags: Arkansas, Circuit Judge, marriage, military, Pulaski County, Saline County
ARRA Editor comment: Finally a Judge with more sense than the Governor or the legislators. If you can enlist under 18, take an Federal oath binding you to 2 to 4 years military service, drive a Hummer or Truck, carry a gun, be asked to kill and die for your country, they you should be able to get married! Also does Act 441 make sense when it sets the age for marriage at 18 but allows a girl under 18 who is pregnant to get married but denies the father of the child who is also under 18 from marring her? Do young ladies only get pregnant with older guys? But they can go to an abortion clinic together! It is time for the legislature to fix many of these problems. What about those teens who have appeared before the court and has been legally emancipated and declared competent to live on their own without a guardian or parental oversight? What about returning to parents their rights as parents for giving permission to their children between say ages 16 and 18 to marry regardless of whether or not their child has participated in premarital sex? What was State Rep. Will Bond, D-Jacksonville and the other sponsors of Act 441 thinking -- or were they?
Tags: Arkansas, Circuit Judge, marriage, military, Pulaski County, Saline County
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