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- wow@lemmy.ml
Authorities say a missing Ohio teen was recovered in Florida after she logged in to an online video game at the home of the man who took her.
Authorities say a missing Ohio teen was recovered in Florida after she logged in to an online video game at the home of the man who took her.
Sheltering an unmarried minor? tf?
Child marriage is legal in Afghanistan and many US states.
It’s not illegal if you marry your victim.
Yeah I know it’s legal in Ohio, and I’m pretty sure it’s legal in every state from here to Florida, including Florida.
Not in Kansas, oddly enough.
Good on them, I wish we could join them in that and very little else
Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida, all allow 17-year-olds to marry, not really “children”, and most limit it to marrying someone only a 2 or 4 years older and require judicial approval.
California, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Washington are the only states without a minimum marriage age, and Hawaii and Kansas are only states below 16 as the minimum. In any case, it also requires parental consent, judicial approval, and/or emancipation. Florida is one the most strict states in this regard.
Some states even have a minimum marriage age of 0.
https://lemm.ee/comment/8040027
Legal loophole basically according to this person
Specifically Florida Statue 984.085.
Basically, if the police find a kid in your home, and it isn’t yours, you’re doing a crime. If you marry her tho…