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Sponsor pulls bill to end child marriage after committee questions about emancipated minors
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE · March 27, 2019
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Summary
Representative Letting introduced House Bill 17-08 to raise the minimum marriage age to 17 and require a notarized parental-affidavit for 17-year-olds; committee members raised questions about how emancipation and parental signatures are treated and the sponsor withdrew the bill to clarify language.
Representative Letting presented House Bill 17-08 to the Senate Judiciary Committee as an "act to end child marriage" in Arkansas by aligning the minimum ages for both parties at 17 and requiring a notarized affidavit of parental consent for 17-year-olds.
During questioning,…
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