“I didn’t hear any concerns or objections over it on the House side, and then it goes to the Senate and doesn’t even get a public hearing, which is the minimum that most bills get,” Rep. Skylar Rude (R-16th District) told Jason Rantz on KTTH 770 AM.
Rude stated the current legislation on the legal age of marriage in Washington is more complicated, claiming a person can get married at 17 with consent from their parents, or any age below 17 with consent from a superior court judge.
“So, a 50-year-old could marry a 17-year-old with parental consent, and with a judge’s consent, that could also happen with a 14-year-old and a 50-year-old?” Rantz asked.Between the years of 2000-2018, Washington ranked 28th in the nation in marriages involving a minor per capita with 4,831, according to the nonprofit. Nevada, Idaho, and Arkansas were the three highest states in child marriages per capita.
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