# Parental consent and judicial approval · Illinois — Minimum marriage age and exceptions by state

For Parental consent and judicial approval · Illinois, state is Illinois; minimum age is 16; exception type is Parental consent and judicial approval; age with parental consent is the age of 16 years; statutory citation is 750 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5/203, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.

- **State:** Illinois _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Minimum age:** 16 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Exception type:** Parental consent and judicial approval _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Age with parental consent:** the age of 16 years _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory citation:** 750 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5/203

## What the source says

> (1) Satisfactory proof that each party to the marriage will have attained the age of 18 years at the time the marriage license is effective or will have attained the age of 16 years and has either the consent to the marriage of both parents or his guardian or judicial approval;

## 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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