The Senate bill would remove the possibility that anyone younger than 16 could marry. Those ages 16 and 17 would have to obtain parental consent and they couldn't marry someone more than four years older than them.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A child marriage bill was passed by the West Virginia Senate on Friday night after it was changed to prohibit anyone younger than 16 from getting married and to ban age gaps of more than four years for 16- and 17-year-olds.
“I want us to pass something because our current situation is intolerable,” Morgan County Republican Sen. Charles Trump said. The Senate bill would remove the possibility that anyone younger than 16 could marry. Those ages 16 and 17 would have to obtain parental consent and they couldn't marry someone more than four years older than them.
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