# Parental consent · Alabama — Minimum marriage age and exceptions by state

For Parental consent · Alabama, state is Alabama; minimum age is 16; exception type is Parental consent; age with parental consent is at least 16 years of age; additional conditions is the consent of a parent or guardian of the minor to the marriage shall be required, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.

- **State:** Alabama _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Minimum age:** 16 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Exception type:** Parental consent _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Age with parental consent:** at least 16 years of age
- **Additional conditions:** the consent of a parent or guardian of the minor to the marriage shall be required
- **Statutory citation:** Ala. Code § 30-1-4 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Ala. Code § 30-1-4 A person under the age of 16 years is incapable of contracting marriage.

## Source

- https://www.tahirih.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2025-Statutory-Text-Compilation.pdf

Last verified: 2026-08-31. Review by: 2026-12-29.
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