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

For Parental consent and judicial approval · Louisiana, state is Louisiana; minimum age is 16; exception type is Parental consent and judicial approval; age with judicial approval is sixteen or seventeen; additional conditions is A minor sixteen or seventeen years of age may not contract marriage with a person of the age of majority where there is an age difference of three years or greater between them, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.

- **State:** Louisiana _(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 judicial approval:** sixteen or seventeen _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Additional conditions:** A minor sixteen or seventeen years of age may not contract marriage with a person of the age of majority where there is an age difference of three years or greater between them.
- **Statutory citation:** La. Child. Code § 1545 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> La. Child. Code § 1545 A. An officiant may not perform a marriage ceremony in which a minor sixteen or seventeen is a party unless the minor has judicial authorization and the written consent to marry of either:

## 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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