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

For Judicial approval · New Mexico, state is New Mexico; minimum age is No age floor set by statute; exception type is Judicial approval; additional conditions is in settlement of proceedings to compel support and establish parentage, or where an applicant for the marriage license is pregnant; statutory citation is N.M. Code § 40-1-6, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.

- **State:** New Mexico _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Minimum age:** No age floor set by statute _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Exception type:** Judicial approval _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Additional conditions:** in settlement of proceedings to compel support and establish parentage, or where an applicant for the marriage license is pregnant _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory citation:** N.M. Code § 40-1-6

## What the source says

> B. The county clerk shall not issue a marriage license to any person under sixteen years of age, and no person authorized by the laws of this state to solemnize marriages shall knowingly unite in marriage any person under sixteen years of age, unless the children’s or family court division of the district court has first authorized the marriage of the person upon request of a parent or legal guardian of the person in settlement of proceedings to compel support and establish parentage, or where an applicant for the marriage license is pregnant, and a certified copy of the judicial authorization is filed with the county clerk.

## 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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