What is the legal age to get married in Missouri?

Answer 1

The legal age is 18. Missouri like many other states has a stipulation in the juvenile code which refers to a person being at least 17 being an "adult". This law pertains to adjudication proceedings only. The term designates when a minor can be tried in an adult court. The age noted in the juvenile code DOES NOT supercede the state's actual age of majority which is as was noted, 18.

Answer 2

The legal age of majority for the state of MO. is 18. Missouri has a law that designates a 17-year old as being an "adult" for adjudication purposes only. Which means a 17-year old is considered an adult when it pertains to certain criminal offenses, and therefore can be tried in an adult court. The age cited in the juvenile code does not supercede the established legal age of majority which is indeed, 18-years of age. In MO. as in all states that have enacted laws or participate in AMBER ALERT, law enforcement must take action to find the missing minor as soon as a report is made, there is not a "waiting period." Cases in which the whereabouts of the minor is known are handled differently.

AnswerThe age of majority is 18. That's when you're considered a legal adult and you can make all your own decisions. In some cases a minor can be legally emancipated. You would want to contact a family lawyer in your local area to ask about this. Otherwise you can't leave home without parental permission until you are 18-years-old. AnswerThere is some misunderstanding about MO. age of majority law, MO. law does not have an emancipation statute as such. The age for becoming an adult in Missouri is 18. RSMO 210.110 (3) "Child" any person regardless of physical or mental condition under 18 years of age. RSMO 660.400 (1) "Adult" any individual over the age of 18 years. The laws are written as such because MO. child support orders are in most circumstances valid until the "child" is 21.

Answer 3

Missouri Revised StatutesChapter 451

Marriage, Marriage Contracts, and Rights of Married Women

Section 451.090

1. No recorder shall, in any event except as herein provided, issue a license authorizing the marriage of any person under fifteen years of age; provided, however, that such license may be issued on order of a circuit or associate circuit judge of the county in which the license is applied for, such license being issued only for good cause shown and by reason of such unusual conditions as to make such marriage advisable.

2. No recorder shall issue a license authorizing the marriage of any male under the age of eighteen years or of any female under the age of eighteen years, except with the consent of his or her custodial parent or guardian, which consent shall be given at the time, in writing, stating the residence of the person giving such consent, signed and sworn to before an officer authorized to administer oaths.

3. The recorder shall state in every license whether the parties applying for same, one or either or both of them, are of age, or whether the male is under the age of eighteen years or the female under the age of eighteen years, and if the male is under the age of eighteen years or the female is under the age of eighteen years, the name of the custodial parent or guardian consenting to such marriage.

In other words:

< 15 = Court Approval

< 18 = Parent's Consent

18 & over = Nothing Required

Answer 4

18 when you become an adult. Below the age of 18 a minor can't sign a contract or rent an apartment.

Answer 5

The legal age for a girl in Missouri is eighteen. Eighteen is also the legal age for a boy in the state of Missouri.

Answer 6

The age of consent in the US depends on the state. In Missouri the age of consent is set at 16. But there are states where it is 17 or even 18 years of age.

Answer 7

The age of majority in Missouri is 18.

Answer 8

It's seventeen.

Answer 9

17