The vision of a child bride is a deeply foreign concept to most Americans. Underage marriage is regarded by most as an abroad problem, or the type of detestable horror committed by isolated malcontent ...

The teen bride at the center of this story keeps hearing the same line from strangers online: what happened to her is legal, but it still feels wrong. Her critics insist they are not accusing her ...

Thirty-four states, including Wisconsin, allow for the marriage of a child under age 18, and 16 states have bans, according to counts by groups seeking to ban the practice. The 16 include Minnesota ...

Brigitte Combs was 11 years old and living in Los Angeles when her mother found a prospective husband for her. The mother and father were in the Hare Krishna movement, and she says that as a result, ...

In 2025, the legal age of marriage in New Hampshire was raised to 18. On Thursday, the NH Senate voted to kill a House-passed exception for those in the military. All New England states now ban child ...

Courtney Stodden slammed child marriage as “America’s dirty little secret” as she revealed she was the “breadwinner” in her marriage at just 16 years old. Stodden, who told the story of her marriage ...