# Judicial approval · Kansas — Minimum marriage age and exceptions by state

For Judicial approval · Kansas, state is Kansas; minimum age is 15; exception type is Judicial approval; age with judicial approval is 15 years of age; statutory citation is Kan. Stat. Ann. § 23-2505, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.

- **State:** Kansas _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Minimum age:** 15 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Exception type:** Judicial approval _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Age with judicial approval:** 15 years of age _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory citation:** Kan. Stat. Ann. § 23-2505

## What the source says

> (1) Under the age of 16 years, except that a judge of the district court may, after due investigation, give consent and issue the license authorizing the marriage of a person 15 years of age when the marriage is in the best interest of the person 15 years of age; or

## 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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