Missouri moves to ban child marriage with bipartisan legislation. You can view where child marriage is still legal with this ...

Under current law, 16- and 17-year-olds can marry with parental consent. A bill sponsored by Sen. Tracy McCreery would ...

In a win for human rights advocates Friday, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the Child Marriage Prohibition Amendment Act of ...

Here’s what’s true about Republican and Democratic families in the United States: They aren’t that different.

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Missouri's minimum age for marrying without parental consent is 16 years old. The Missouri Senate passed a bipartisan bill last year to raise the minimum age, but Republican leaders in the House never ...

The star of the "Young Sheldon" spinoff discusses her acting career, Thursday’s winter premiere episode and how she owes "a ...

After a six-year long legal battle, a court in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo has authorized a child to be officially ... “complex and inconsistent” marriage, the paternal uncle ...

Despite her family’s need for the dowry, Nawi refuses to accept her fate and resists the marriage. Her ally in this struggle is her brother Joel. However, Nawi’s father remains entrenched in ...