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

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, not quoted from the source)_
- **Minimum age:** 17 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Exception type:** Judicial approval _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Age with judicial approval:** seventeen years _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Additional conditions:** The other person to be joined in marriage is not more than four years older. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory citation:** Section 3101.02

## 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.

## Source

- https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3101.02

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/).