"We have a few instances a year where 40- to 50-year-old men are marrying 16- to 17-year-old girls in the state of Texas," ...

Child marriages in Texas could end this year, as state lawmakers debate a proposal to close a loophole that allows certain 16 ...

Current state law allows children as young as 16 to marry if they are legally emancipated from their parents, a situation ...

The committee heard testimony which detailed concerns surrounding safety,” wrote Sen. Debra Altschiller, D-Stratham.

HB 168 closes a loophole the author, State Rep. Jon Rosenthal (D-Houston) said allows 16 or 17-year-olds emancipated from their families to receive a marriage license.

In Texas, teenagers as young as 16 can legally get married—a reality that many parents and child advocates say is out of step ...

Texas lawmakers are debating a bill to close a loophole allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to marry under certain conditions.

If approved, Bolivia would follow in the footsteps of Colombia, which passed similar legislation last year and became the ...

The Texas Legislature is poised to end the controversial practice of child marriage in the Lone Star State with a bill the House passed Wednesday. House Bill 168, authored by Rep. Jon Rosenthal ...