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Originally Posted by pelagius
The age of consent is 17. From Wikipedia
However, until 2005 it was 16. When the FLDS rolled into the state, a law was passed the raised the age to 17 and the parental consent marriage age from 14 to 16.
Jeff, the state argued this was abuse at trial. So that state didn't ignore it. Are you asking why there hasn't been a criminal prosecution?
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No, I just thought I had heard someone in the media talking about Texas changing the legal age for marriage to 16 and they remarked that it was partially due to FLDS concerns. But I was wondering why this would apply since they don't officially marry. That got me to wondering what law did apply.
Thanks for the info.