Editing Child marriage (section)

==== In the United States ====
{{See also|Child marriage in the United States}}

A child who has been forced into a marriage has not broken any laws in the United States and is not at fault. The US government is opposed to child marriage, and offers legal help and social services to children who have been forced to marry. Children in the United States who need to prevent or leave a forced marriage can call the [[National Domestic Violence Hotline]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/forced-marriage |title=Forced Marriage |website=U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services |date=3 June 2022 }}</ref>

Within the United States, each [[U.S. state|state]] and [[U.S. Territories|territory]] and the [[Washington, D.C.|federal district]] set the [[marriage age in the United States|marriage age]] in its jurisdiction. {{As of|2024|March}}, in four states there is no statutory minimum age when all exemptions are taken into account. These states are [[California]], [[Mississippi]], [[New Mexico]], and [[Oklahoma]].

{{As of|2024|June}}, 13 states have banned underage marriages, with no exception: [[Delaware]] (2018),<ref name="CNNDelaware2">{{Cite news |date=May 12, 2018 |title=Delaware becomes first US state to fully ban child marriage |publisher=[[CNN]] |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/12/us/delaware-child-marriage-ban/index.html |access-date=September 17, 2018}}</ref> [[New Jersey]] (2018),<ref>{{cite news |date=June 22, 2018 |title=New Jersey governor signs law banning underage marriage |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://apnews.com/article/f4ab94a0b9444a01b803750491220983}}</ref> [[Pennsylvania]] (2020),<ref name="CBSNews">{{Cite news |last=McNamara |first=Audrey |date=May 9, 2020 |title=Pennsylvania Just Became The Third State To Ban Child Marriage |newspaper= |publisher=[[CBS News]] |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pennsylvania-third-state-to-ban-child-marriage/ |access-date=May 9, 2020}}</ref> [[Minnesota]] (2020),<ref name="MinnesotaLegislature">{{Cite news |url=https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/profile/news/15532/29817|title=Governor Walz signs bill to end child marriages| date=May 14, 2020|access-date=June 9, 2020}}</ref> [[Rhode Island]] (2021),<ref name="globalcitizen.org">{{Cite web|title=Rhode Island Is the Fifth US State to Officially Ban Child Marriage|url=https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/rhode-island-bans-child-marriage/|access-date=June 24, 2021|website=Global Citizen|date=June 8, 2021 |language=en}}</ref> [[New York (state)|New York]] (2021),<ref name="washingtonpost.com">{{cite news |last1=Pietsch |first1=Bryan |title=New York becomes sixth state in U.S. to ban child marriages |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/07/23/child-marriage-ban-new-york/ |access-date=July 27, 2021 |work=washingtonpost.com}}</ref> [[Massachusetts]] (2022),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Coffey |first=Alexandra Boyer |date=2022-07-28 |title=Massachusetts just ended child marriage! |url=https://www.unchainedatlast.org/massachusetts-just-ended-child-marriage/ |access-date=2022-07-28 |publisher=[[Unchained At Last]] |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Vermont]] (2023),<ref name="Vermont governor signs bill raising marriage age to 18-2023">{{Cite news |date=April 21, 2023 |title=Vermont governor signs bill raising marriage age to 18 |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://apnews.com/article/marriage-age-18-vermont-child-f79af8798cd4f5adfa96fdb15f297275 |access-date=June 10, 2023}}</ref> [[Connecticut]] (2023),<ref name="Cross-2023">{{Cite news |last=Cross |first=Alison |date=June 2, 2023 |title=Connecticut bans child marriage |work=[[Hartford Courant]] |url=https://www.courant.com/2023/06/02/connecticut-bans-child-marriage/ |access-date=June 10, 2023}}</ref> [[Michigan]] (2023),<ref name="New Michigan law raises marriage age to 18 in effort to end child marriage-2023">{{cite web | url=https://mycbs4.com/news/nation-world/new-michigan-law-raises-marriage-age-to-18-in-effort-to-end-child-marriage-nonprofit-unchained-at-last-michigan-senate-governor-gretch-whitmer-protecting-youth | title=New Michigan law raises marriage age to 18 in effort to end child marriage | date=July 12, 2023 }}</ref> [[Washington (state)|Washington]] (2024),<ref name="auto7"/> [[Virginia]] (2024)<ref name=":9"/> and [[New Hampshire]] (2024).<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Hampshire law raises marriage age |url=http://wcax.com/2024/06/14/new-hampshire-law-raises-marriage-age/ |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=WCAX |date=14 June 2024 |language=en}}</ref> [[American Samoa]] and [[U.S. Virgin Islands]], both United States territories, have also ended child marriage in that time, as has Washington, D.C..<ref name="RadioNZ3">{{Cite news|url=https://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/366260/governor-moliga-signs-into-law-bill-to-increase-marriage-age-for-girls|title=Governor Moliga signs into law bill to increase marriage age for girls|date=September 12, 2018|work=Radio New Zealand|access-date=September 19, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vi.gov/governor-bryan-takes-action-on-31-bills/|title=Governor Bryan Takes Action on 31 Bills|website=Government of the United States Virgin Islands|date=January 22, 2020 |access-date=March 3, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=DC Legislation Information Management System |url=https://lims.dccouncil.gov/legislation/B25-0955 |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=lims.dccouncil.gov |language=en}}</ref> Several other U.S. states have similar legislation pending.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.unchainedatlast.org/child-marriage-progress/|title=Child Marriage – Progress |publisher=[[Unchained at Last]]}}</ref>