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    Default Marriage for Minors in Virginia

    My question does actually involve emancipation but this is the only catogory i could find that it could go in. Im 16 i have a baby in foster care and my boyfriends 18 what do i need to do to beable to get married besides talk to my social worker because im doing that next week. Dont think emancipation will work and my boyfriend and i have been talking about this i have just wanting untill its a good time and putting off for a last resort thing.

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    Default Re: Marriage for Minors in Virginia

    You have to have permission from whoever is your legal guardian. If your legal guardian is the state, then you have to have permission from the state.

    There is no state in the US where you can be married while under the age of 18, without permission from your parent or legal guardian, a judge, or both.

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    Default Re: Marriage for Minors in Virginia

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    You have to have permission from whoever is your legal guardian. If your legal guardian is the state, then you have to have permission from the state.

    There is no state in the US where you can be married while under the age of 18, without permission from your parent or legal guardian, a judge, or both.
    im wondering if my social worker makes the decision or the judge can? does anybody have a clue? This is in the state of virginia by the way.

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    Default Re: Marriage for Minors in Virginia

    My understanding is that you would need the approval of a judge. Which, btw, you are unlikely to get. The likelihood that a teenage mother in foster care and an 18 year old will be judged mature and responsible enough to be granted ANY form of emancipation, including marriage, is slim to none.

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