The age is 18 without permission from a parent or your legal guardian. If under the age of 16, the law requires that the couple receives a court order before being allowed to marry.
In Texas both the male and female have to be at least 18 to get married without permission. With parental permission you can get married at 16 or 17. Under 16 requires a court order.
The short answer, forgive me for stating the obvious, is yes, get married. Common law marriage is a concept that is either permitted or prohibited by the law of your state. Very few US states...
Yes. It is called "informal marriage." It as not as simple as living together for a period of time, as most people think. To be "common law", you have to have agreed to be married and after the...