A bill banning child marriage in Oklahoma became law on May 13 without Governor Kevin Stitt’s signature.

Dozens of Oklahoma lawmakers fought for hours before a ban on child marriage was put into law on Wednesday.

Oklahoma is now the 17th state in the United States to ban child marriage.  Senate Bill 504 requires anyone getting married ...

In 2025, the legal age of marriage in New Hampshire was raised to 18. On Thursday, the NH Senate voted to kill a House-passed exception for those in the military. All New England states now ban child ...

Oklahoma has banned child marriage, becoming the 17th US state to do so. Senate Bill 504, which faced Republican opposition, sets the minimum marriage age at 18 without exceptions.

The American family has undergone significant change in recent decades. There is no longer one predominant family form, and Americans are experiencing family life in increasingly diverse ways. In 1970 ...