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    Mar 14, 2011, 03:29 PM
    Underage marriage due to pregnancy in tx?
    Hey I am 15 and I am pregnant and my boyfriend is 17. How can we get married in Texas without parental consent?
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    Mar 14, 2011, 03:47 PM

    You have to petition the court for permission to marry. However, doing so may make your boyfriend liable to charges for having sex with a minor. Why can you not get your parent's consent?
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    Mar 14, 2011, 03:53 PM

    Not likely. A court may grant permission, but its highly unlikely. Teen marriages, especially "shotgun" weddings have an extremely high failure rate.
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    Mar 14, 2011, 06:40 PM

    Yes, if you do anything additional to make her mom and dad mad, they can have you arrested for having sex with a minor, and by the time you are out of jail with your new boyfriend bubba or Tex, she will no longer be a minor anyway
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    Mar 14, 2011, 07:17 PM

    And let me guess---on top of being married (which you want to do just so your parents --hers AND yours-- can't tell you that you can't be together), you want to KEEP the child.

    You know, the kid that neither of you planned, that neither of you has a job to support--hell, neither of you can support YOURSELVES, much less a baby! Do you know how much daycare is for the first 6 months? My husband and I are trying to figure out how to afford it, and we make nearly $100k a year!

    How about you both forget marriage and take your asses down to an adoption agency and do what's right for the child?

    PS--if you can't get parental permission, why in the WORLD would the courts let you get married?
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    Mar 14, 2011, 08:00 PM
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    And a big AMEN!
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