§ 5142 - Restrictions as to minors and incompetent persons - Vermont Statutes

§ 5142. Restrictions as to minors and incompetent persons

A clerk shall not issue a civil marriage license when either party to the intended marriage is:

(1) A person who has not attained majority without the consent in writing of one of the parents if there is one competent to act; or the guardian of such minor;

(2) Nor with such consent when either party is under 16 years of age;

(3) Nor when either of the parties to the intended marriage is non compos mentis;

(4) Nor to a person under guardianship without the written consent of such guardian.

(5) [Deleted.] (Amended 1965, No. 194, § 10, eff. Feb. 1, 1967; 1967, No. 147, § 47, eff. Oct. 1, 1968; 1971, No. 90, § 13; 1973, No. 201 (Adj. Sess.), § 11; 2009, No. 3, § 8, eff. Sept. 1, 2009.)