Judicial approval · Ohio
For Judicial approval · Ohio, state is Ohio; minimum age is 17; exception type is Judicial approval; age with judicial approval is seventeen years; additional conditions is The other person to be joined in marriage is not more than four years older, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.
- State
- Ohio our reading
- Minimum age
- 17 our reading
- Exception type
- Judicial approval our reading
- Age with judicial approval
- seventeen years verified
- Additional conditions
- The other person to be joined in marriage is not more than four years older. verified
- Statutory citation
- Section 3101.02
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What the source says
(A) If both persons to be joined in marriage are the age of seventeen years, they may be joined in marriage only if the juvenile court has filed a consent to the marriage under section 3101.04 of the Revised Code. (B) If only one person is the age of seventeen years, that person may be joined in marriage only if both of the following apply: (1) The juvenile court has filed a consent to the marriage under section 3101.04 of the Revised Code. (2) The other person to be joined in marriage is not more than four years older.
— codes.ohio.gov, retrieved 2026-08-31
Source
- codes.ohio.govhttps://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3101.02