# Emancipation only · Texas — Minimum marriage age and exceptions by state

For Emancipation only · Texas, state is Texas; minimum age is 16; exception type is Emancipation only; statutory citation is Tex. Fam. Code. §. 2.003, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.

- **State:** Texas _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Minimum age:** 16 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Exception type:** Emancipation only _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statutory citation:** Tex. Fam. Code. §. 2.003

## What the source says

> (a) A person under 18 years of age may not marry unless the person has been granted by this state or another state a court order removing the disabilities of minority of the person for general purposes.

## 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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