Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Emily Scherer for The 19th) When Carmen Martell was 14, she met a 23-year-old man in her small New Hampshire town. He worked at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stephanie Lowry, survivor of child marriage, speaks during a press conference at the Ohio Statehouse. (Photo by Morgan Trau, WEWS.

In 2014, the County Clerk's Office in San Diego County issued a marriage license to a 16-year-old who was marrying a 25-year-old. In 2015, the clerk signed off on a marriage license for a 33-year-old ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — An age difference of no more than four years was a new requirement amended to a bill that aims to end child marriage in South Dakota. The idea has had a long history of ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Legislators pushing bipartisan legislation to prohibit marriage before age 18 in Ohio presented the perspectives of domestic violence advocates and women with experiences entering ...

In the U.S., 16 states, two territories and D.C. have banned child marriage. Colorado allows children aged 16 and 17 to marry upon judicial approval. This year, a bill in the legislature would end ...

When Kary was just 13, her parents tried to force her into marriage with a boy in her village in Cambodia. Kary, a proud ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Teenagers, specifically 16-year-olds and 17-year-olds, that want to get married in South Dakota will have to receive approval from a judge to do so if the House passes ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — A proposal to eliminate child marriage in Oklahoma is moving toward a final vote in the House of ...