§ 46-411Title 46
Consent of parent or guardian.
If any person intending to marry and seeking a license therefor shall be under 18 years of age, and shall not have been previously married, the said Clerk shall not issue such license unless a parent, or, if there be neither father nor mother, the guardian, if there be such, shall consent to such proposed marriage, either personally to the Clerk, or by an instrument in writing attested by a witness and proved to the satisfaction of the Clerk.
Annotations
Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1392, ch. 854, § 1292 July 22, 1976, D.C. Law 1-75, § 5(a), 23 DCR 1182 Oct. 1, 1976, D.C. Law 1-87, § 32, 23 DCR 2544 1973 Ed., § 30-111. 1981 Ed., § 30-111.
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