Authorities say a missing Ohio teen was recovered in Florida after she logged in to an online video game at the home of the man who took her.

Authorities say a missing Ohio teen was recovered in Florida after she logged in to an online video game at the home of the man who took her.

    • Ullallulloo@civilloquy.com
      24·
      11 months ago

      The laws have been restricted a lot in the last few years, so that isn’t really relevant anymore. California, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Washington are the only states without a minimum marriage age.

      And I was just talking about Florida like in the article. It is one of the strictest states on child marriage in the country.

      • TurtleJoe@lemmy.world
        52·
        11 months ago

        Are you intentionally using misleading phrasing here? Sure seems like it.

        To put it a different way: 40 out of the 50 states allow minors under 18 to be married, with 30 of those 40 allowing children under 17 to be married.

        Since those people being married are under 18, they don’t have the legal rights of an adult, with guardianship going to their spouse. Can you see how that is a problem?

        • Ullallulloo@civilloquy.com
          22·
          11 months ago

          That’s not how that works. Guardianship is a totally separate concept. To be married, someone would be simultaneously emancipated and legally treated as an adult from thenceforth.

          I wasn’t trying to be misleading. I was just to trying to counter what I thought was very misleading language. When someone says a man has “a kid in his home” as an underaged spouse, the scenario that pops into your mind isn’t that it’s a 17-year-old emancipated girl who’s just married her 18-year-old boyfriend, which is essentially the only legal scenario in Florida.