Child Marriage

State law currently allows parents to marry off a child as young as 16 with their signatureMichigan would become the tenth state to ban child marriage without exception if the bills get signed into law

The bill package includes getting rid of provisions allowing for secret marriages and loopholes in Michigan’s criminal sexual conduct code

Child marriage survivor Fraidy Reiss told the committee she’s worked with girls who have shown up at a clerk’s office crying for a way to not get married after their parents signed off on the union