Judicial approval · Alaska
For Judicial approval · Alaska, state is Alaska; minimum age is 16; exception type is Judicial approval; age with judicial approval is the age of 16; additional conditions is the other party to the marriage is not more than three years older, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.
- State
- Alaska our reading
- Minimum age
- 16 our reading
- Exception type
- Judicial approval our reading
- Age with judicial approval
- the age of 16 verified
- Additional conditions
- the other party to the marriage is not more than three years older verified
- Statutory citation
- Alaska Stat. § 25.05.171 verified
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What the source says
Alaska Stat. § 25.05.171 (b) A superior court judge may grant permission for a person who has reached the age of 16 but is under the age of 18 to marry and may order the licensing officer to issue the license if the judge finds, following a hearing at which the parents and minor are given the opportunity to appear and be heard, that the marriage is in the best interest of the minor, that the other party to the marriage is not more than three years older
— tahirih.org, retrieved 2026-08-31
Source
- tahirih.orghttps://www.tahirih.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2025-Statutory-Text-Compilation.pdf