Bill Text: FL S0208 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Marriage of Minors

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2018-03-10 - Died in Judiciary [S0208 Detail]

Download: Florida-2018-S0208-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2018                                     SB 208
       
       
        
       By Senator Campbell
       
       
       
       
       
       38-00356-18                                            2018208__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to marriage of minors; amending s.
    3         741.0405, F.S.; deleting provisions that allow the
    4         issuance of marriage licenses to minors under 16 years
    5         of age in certain circumstances; conforming provisions
    6         to changes made by the act; providing an effective
    7         date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Subsections (2), (3), and (4) of section
   12  741.0405, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   13         741.0405 When marriage license may be issued to persons
   14  under 18 years.—
   15         (2) The county court judge of any county in the state may,
   16  in the exercise of his or her discretion, issue a license to
   17  marry to a any male or female under the age of 18 years, but at
   18  least 16 years of age, upon application of both parties sworn
   19  under oath that they are the parents of a child.
   20         (3) When the fact of pregnancy is verified by the written
   21  statement of a licensed physician, the county court judge of any
   22  county in the state may, in his or her discretion, issue a
   23  license to marry:
   24         (a) To a any male or female under the age of 18 years, but
   25  at least 16 years of age, upon application of both parties sworn
   26  under oath that they are the expectant parents of a child; or
   27         (b) To a any female under the age of 18 years, but at least
   28  16 years of age, and male over the age of 18 years upon the
   29  female’s application sworn under oath that she is an expectant
   30  parent.
   31         (4) No license to marry shall be granted to a any person
   32  under the age of 16 years, with or without the consent of the
   33  parents, except as provided in subsections (2) and (3).
   34         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.