Questionmarktarius posted... Text of bill: https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0233.pdf
I don't see where this suddenly establishes child marriage, but the wording is so obtuse and convoluted that I don't understand it anyway.
"SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 1, is amended by deleting 36-3-103 36-3-112."
Tennessee Code 36-3-105 is part of the code that is deleted and is the part that establishes a minimum age for marriage. It says:
- It is unlawful for any county clerk or deputy clerk in this state to issue a marriage license to any person where:
- Either of the contracting parties is under seventeen (17) years of age; or
- One (1) of the contracting parties is at least seventeen (17) years of age but less than eighteen (18) years of age and the other contracting party is at least four (4) years older than the minor contracting party.
- Any marriage contracted in violation of subsection (a) may be annulled upon proper proceedings therefor by such person or any interested person acting in the persons behalf.