Parental consent and judicial approval · Arkansas
For Parental consent and judicial approval · Arkansas, state is Arkansas; minimum age is 16; exception type is Parental consent and judicial approval; age with parental consent is at least seventeen (17) years of age; age with judicial approval is older than sixteen (16) years of age, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.
- State
- Arkansas our reading
- Minimum age
- 16 our reading
- Exception type
- Parental consent and judicial approval our reading
- Age with parental consent
- at least seventeen (17) years of age verified
- Age with judicial approval
- older than sixteen (16) years of age verified
- Additional conditions
- the female is pregnant verified
- Statutory citation
- Ark. Code Ann. § 9-11-103 verified
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What the source says
(a) (1) If an application for a marriage license is made where one (1) or both parties are under eighteen (18) years of age but older than sixteen (16) years of age and the female is pregnant, both parties may appear before a judge of the circuit court of the district where the application for a marriage license is being made.
— tahirih.org, retrieved 2026-08-31
Where each value comes from
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Age with parental consent
(1) However, a male or female who is at least seventeen (17) years of age but under the age of eighteen (18) years may contract marriage as provided under this subsection.
— all from tahirih.org, retrieved 2026-08-31
Source
- tahirih.orghttps://www.tahirih.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2025-Statutory-Text-Compilation.pdf