child marriage

Most new laws approved during Florida's recent legislative session took effect Sunday with the start of the state's fiscal year.The new statutes have an…

In an issue that drew widespread attention during this year’s legislative session, the House on Friday gave final approval to a measure that will...

The Florida Senate is backing off a complete ban on child marriage. The Senate unanimously passed a bill Monday that would set the minimum age to marry at…

Most child marriages in Florida would be banned — though not for 16- and 17-year-olds when there's a pregnancy — under a bill overwhelmingly approved by…

A Florida lawmaker who opposes a bill to ban child marriage said Thursday that the current law allowing child rapists to marry girls they impregnate is…

Florida Senators have approved a measure closing a loophole that allows child marriage. The bill is being called historic. If the proposal passes the...

Florida lawmakers are on the verge of prohibiting marriage for minors. Identical measures have one committee left in the House and Senate, but some...

Sherry Johnson was 11 years old when she was forced to marry her 20-year-old rapist through a loophole in a Florida law that doesn't set a minimum age for…