# Emancipation only · Georgia — Minimum marriage age and exceptions by state

For Emancipation only · Georgia, state is Georgia; minimum age is 17; exception type is Emancipation only; additional conditions is At least 15 days shall have passed since such emancipation shall have occurred by operation of law or pursuant to a petition filed with the court;; statutory citation is Ga. Code Ann. § 19-3-2, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.

- **State:** Georgia _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Minimum age:** 17 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Exception type:** Emancipation only _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Additional conditions:** At least 15 days shall have passed since such emancipation shall have occurred by operation of law or pursuant to a petition filed with the court;
- **Statutory citation:** Ga. Code Ann. § 19-3-2

## What the source says

> (b) If either applicant for marriage is 17 years of age, documentary proof that such applicant was emancipated by operation of law or pursuant to a petition filed with the court as provided in Article 10 of Chapter 11 of Title 15 shall be required before a license may be issued pursuant to Article 2 of this chapter

## 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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