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

For Judicial approval · Montana, state is Montana; minimum age is 16; exception type is Judicial approval; age with judicial approval is 16 years of age; statutory citation is Mont. Code Ann. § 40-1-202, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.

- **State:** Montana _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Minimum age:** 16 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Exception type:** Judicial approval _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Age with judicial approval:** 16 years of age _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory citation:** Mont. Code Ann. § 40-1-202

## What the source says

> (1) Satisfactory proof that each party to the marriage will have attained 18 years of age at the time the marriage license is effective or will have attained 16 years of age and has obtained judicial approval as provided in 40-1-213;

## 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.
Part of [Minimum marriage age and exceptions by state](https://referencesource.org/state-minimum-marriage-age-exceptions/).