Judge Upholds Marriage Law Allowing Toddlers to Marry in Arkansas
Oops … The state of Arkansas enacted a new marriage law this past July that allows children of any age, even toddlers, to marry. The law was intended to set 18 as the minimum age to marry while allowing pregnant minors to marry with parental consent. The Associated Press reports that an extraneous “not”, in the law, messed up the law.
An Arkansas judge recently upheld the mistaken law, ruling that the Arkansas Code Revision Commission could not correct the error. The Commission has authority to correct typos and technical errors, but Judge Tom J. Keith said the Commission had overstepped its bounds because correcting the error would have changed the meaning of the law. Only the state legislature has the power to make a meaningful change to a law.
Attorney General Dustin McDaniel suggested court clerk’s follow the judge’s order. I wonder where you can find baby sized wedding rings? And …. How do you divvy up the pacifiers when they divorce?
