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Child marriage is currently legal in 38 states (only Delaware, New Jersey, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, Michigan, Washington, and Virginia have set the minimum age at 18 years old, No exceptions). Four states do not set a minimum marriage age floor), and 20 states in the U.S. do not require any minimum age for marriage, with a parental or judicial waiver.
Child marriage is not common in the U.S. but common in the Southern States
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