How old do you have to be before you get married?

By Jon Robins

29 September 2011 | 10:07 pm

By Jon Robins

29 September 2011 | 10:07 pm

How old do you have to be before you get married?

Again, you have to be over 16 years old and if you are under the age of 18 years you need the consent of a parent or person with parental responsibility or the leave of the court.

Author: Jon Robins

Jon is editor of the Justice Gap. He is a freelance journalist. Jon's books include Guilty Until Proven Innocent (Biteback, 2018), The First Miscarriage of Justice (Waterside Press, 2014), The Justice Gap (LAG, 2009) and People Power (Daily Telegraph/LawPack, 2008). Jon is a journalism lecturer at Winchester University and was a visiting senior fellow in access to justice at the University of Lincoln. He is twice winner of the Bar Council's journalism award and won Halsbury Legal's journalism award

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