child marriage

Previously, 16- and 17-year-olds could get married with permission of a judge.

In New Hampshire, the House of Representatives voted 188-184 last month to kill a bill (House Bill 34) to raise the age of marriage to 18 years old.

A bipartisan bill raising the marriage age in New Hampshire to 16 is now law after a signing ceremony in Concord.The measure, which was backed by Governor…