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Ark. Code Ann. § 9-11-101 Marriage a civil contract — Consent of parties
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Marriage is considered in law a civil contract to which the consent of the parties capable in law of contracting is necessary.
Ark. Code Ann. § 9-11-102 Minimum age — Parental or guardian consent — Definition
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(a) Every male who is at least eighteen (18) years of age and every female who is at least eighteen (18) years of age shall be capable in law of contracting marriage. (b) (1) However, a male or female who is at least seventeen (17) years of age but under the age of eighteen (18) …
Ark. Code Ann. § 9-11-103 Minimum age — Exception
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(a) (1) If an application for a marriage license is made where one (1) or both parties are under eighteen (18) years of age but older than sixteen (16) years of age and the female is pregnant, both parties may appear before a judge of the circuit court of the district where the a…
Ark. Code Ann. § 9-11-104 Minimum age — Lack of parental consent or misrepresentation of age — Annulment
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In all cases in which the consent of the parent or parents or guardian is not provided, or there has been a misrepresentation of age by a contracting party, the marriage contract may be set aside and annulled upon the application of the parent or parents or guardian to the circui…