Colorado Court: 15-year old girls can marry

2006-06-15 13:46:26

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Darth_Fleder: Mod from the Church of the Painful Truth; +533|7046|Orlando, FL - Age 43

Seeing as I have a 14 year old daughter, it looks like I got out of Colorado at just the right time.

CNN wrote:
DENVER, Colorado (AP) -- A 15-year-old girl can enter into a common-law marriage in Colorado, a state appeals court ruled Thursday. Younger girls and boys may also be able to marry.

While the three-judge panel stopped short of setting a specific minimum age for such marriages, it said they could be legal for girls at 12 and boys at 14 under English common law, which Colorado recognizes...

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/06/15/teen. … index.html

I imagine there will be a great rush of pedophiles and government officials rushing out west.

Discuss.

Last edited by Darth_Fleder (2006-06-15 14:22:08)

2006-06-15 13:52:07

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SEREMAKER: BABYMAKIN EXPERT √; +2,187|6808|Mountains of NC

I wonder why judges agree to dumb things like that, I would like to hear the argument that made them agree to this law, and there are alot of other little and large laws that are stupid and judges agreed to them, what really gets me are those stupid civil cases - ex. the old woman with the coffee at McDonalds - that was ridiculas - ppl wonder why we have to pay high cost of things like insurance - its just unbeleivable

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2006-06-15 13:53:25

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KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,979|6872|949

As the article points out, there is a difference between common-law marriages and traditional ceremonial marriages. I believe you must live together for 7 years to be considered married under common law, but I may be off. I don't really see this as setting a precedent in Colorado for teens to marry, as it won't be recognized until they are at least 22, which gives plenty of time for them to get out of the marriage. That being said, I would not want to see any grown man with a 15 year-old-girl entering into any marriage, common-law or not.

2006-06-15 13:54:37

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King_County_Downy: shitfaced; +2,791|6837|Seattle

Holy F'n shit Batman. That's messed up.

So by common law, they mean, you've lived together for more than a year, shared a bank account and finaces, etc.?

Sober enough to know what I'm doing, drunk enough to really enjoy doing it

2006-06-15 13:57:30

#5

terrafirma: Press 1 to Kill; +81|6894|Westminster, Colorado

Sounds like something that would come from Boulder and not Denver.

2006-06-15 14:16:30

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slo5oh: Member; +28|6901

By the wording the reporter used it sounds like the Judges were doing their job correctly. It's not a judges place to "make" laws, only to "uphold" existing laws. If Colorado still recognizes "english common law" then that's where the problem is.
I'd think the numbskulls would realize that english common law also allows forced child labor starting at any age and they're opening an ugly can of worms... but I'm surprised there's no "federal" law on age of marriage... I guess they were only concerned about stopping the child labor, and those laws didn't happen until 1938. Looks like my favorite, the 9th ammendment, rules here. If there's no law on the books saying you CAN'T do it, it's legal.

2006-06-15 14:18:47

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KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,979|6872|949

King_County_Downy wrote:
So by common law, they mean, you've lived together for more than a year, shared a bank account and finaces, etc.?

Apparently so. I stand corrected, I just looked up the requirements for common-law marriage in Colorado:

http://www.unmarried.org/common.html wrote:
Colorado: A common-law marriage may be established by proving cohabitation and a reputation of being married.

2006-06-15 14:21:38

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King_County_Downy: shitfaced; +2,791|6837|Seattle

Wow, you mean I said something right? Just made my day

Sober enough to know what I'm doing, drunk enough to really enjoy doing it

2006-06-15 14:22:39

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{HMS}_Sir_Del_Boy: Member; +69|6949|th3 unkn0wn

Denver here I come!!!

2006-06-15 14:22:43

#10

tvmissleman: The Cereal Killer; +201|6898| United States of America

Darth_Fleder wrote:
Seeing as I have a 14 year old daughter, it looks like I got out of Colorado at just the right time.

CNN wrote:
DENVER, Colorado (AP) -- A 15-year-old girl can enter into a common-law marriage in Colorado, a state appeals court ruled Thursday. Younger girls and boys may also be able to marry.

While the three-judge panel stopped short of setting a specific minimum age for such marriages, it said they could be legal for girls at 12 and boys at 14 under English common law, which Colorado recognizes...

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/06/15/teen. … index.html
I imagine there will be a great rush of pedophiles and government officials rushing out west.

Discuss.

dude i live in Utah lolz

2006-06-15 14:24:01

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{HMS}_Sir_Del_Boy: Member; +69|6949|th3 unkn0wn

SEREMAKER wrote:
I wonder why judges agree to dumb things like that, I would like to hear the argument that made them agree to this law, and there are alot of other little and large laws that are stupid and judges agreed to them

The judges are probably pedophiles themselves

2006-06-15 14:25:03

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Rosse_modest: Member; +76|7016|Antwerp, Flanders

Over here marriage is possible at the age of 16, but only with the parents' consent. The only ones I know of to actually make use of this age limit are Antwerp's Orthodox Jewish community.

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