Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MISSOURI -Marriage between two people living together without purchasing a marriage license or without a ceremony is valid or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Missouri doesn’t have a stellar record when it comes to protecting young people — young women, especially — from the harms of ...

Missouri senators Holly Thompson Rehder and Lauren Arthur have teamed up to sponsor legislation that would effectively ban all child marriages in Missouri. The bill would prohibit marriage licenses ...

Under current Missouri law, 16- and 17-year-olds are allowed to get married with parental permission to anyone under the age of 21. A new bill co-sponsored by Kansas City state Sen. Lauren Arthur ...

A bipartisan bill to ban child marriage in Missouri won initial approval in the state Senate Wednesday afternoon. Under current law, 16 and 17-year-olds are allowed to get married with parental ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Two bills making rounds in the Missouri Senate call for the state to increase its minimum legal marriage age to 18 years old. Senate Bills 767 and 1342 raise this possibility.

A bipartisan bill debated in a state Senate committee Monday would ban child marriage in Missouri. Under current law, 16- and 17-year-olds are allowed to get married with parental consent. Marriage ...

Current Missouri law enables 16 and 17-year-olds to obtain a marriage license without parental consent, and a bipartisan effort to restrict anyone under 18 from getting married failed in the Missouri ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — After falling short during session last year, there’s a new bipartisan push to ban child marriage in Missouri. Right now, in Missouri, 16- and 17-year-olds can get married to ...

Couples in a fever once went to Las Vegas to get married. More than 30 chapels, no waiting. Now, why bother? Tuesday, Missouri joins some 30 other states that have stopped making couples wait to get a ...

JEFFERSON CITY — A measure making it easier for inmates to get married is moving through the Missouri legislature. The legislation would create an inmate exception to a Missouri law that requires ...

State Sens. Holly Thompson Rehder and Lauren Arthur teamed up on bipartisan legislation outlawing the unwise practice. The Missouri House should pass it. twitter/hrehder; Facebook/Lauren Arthur ...