{"id":2587,"date":"2026-10-01T19:36:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T13:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newstoday24hour.com\/en\/?p=2587"},"modified":"2026-10-01T19:36:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T13:36:03","slug":"california-bans-child-marriage-becoming-the-first-us-state-to-end-the-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newstoday24hour.com\/en\/california-bans-child-marriage-becoming-the-first-us-state-to-end-the-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"California bans child marriage, becoming the first US state to end the practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x1yc453h xma8rkl xgoqxah xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 x1xobyvs x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw xcy5tzr x1ht4adc xnvauns x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\" dir=\"ltr\">California has officially banned child marriage after Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation requiring people to be at least 18 years old to marry in the state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x1yc453h xma8rkl xgoqxah xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 x1xobyvs x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw xcy5tzr x1ht4adc xnvauns x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\" dir=\"ltr\">The new law, which takes effect on January 1, ends a practice that remains legal under certain circumstances in 32 US states.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x1yc453h xma8rkl xgoqxah xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 x1xobyvs x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw xcy5tzr x1ht4adc xnvauns x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\" dir=\"ltr\">Newsom described the measure as a \u201clong overdue\u201d step to protect young Californians and minors. He signed the legislation alongside Courtney Stodden, who was 16 when her parents allowed her to marry 50-year-old actor Doug Hutchison in 2011.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x1yc453h xma8rkl xgoqxah xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 x1xobyvs x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw xcy5tzr x1ht4adc xnvauns x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\" dir=\"ltr\">Stodden, who has since become an advocate for ending child marriage, welcomed the legislation as a \u201cvictory\u201d and said survivors should never have been expected to carry the burden of such experiences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x1yc453h xma8rkl xgoqxah xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 x1xobyvs x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw xcy5tzr x1ht4adc xnvauns x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\" dir=\"ltr\">She also vowed to continue campaigning for similar protections across the country, saying she would \u201ckeep fighting until children are protected from marriage in all 50 states.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"x1yc453h xma8rkl xgoqxah xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 x1xobyvs x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw xcy5tzr x1ht4adc xnvauns x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\" dir=\"ltr\">Stodden\u2019s marriage to Hutchison attracted international attention and led to appearances on several US reality television programmes, including VH1\u2019s <em>Couples Therapy<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x1yc453h xma8rkl xgoqxah xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 x1xobyvs x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw xcy5tzr x1ht4adc xnvauns x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\" dir=\"ltr\">Other survivors and advocates of child marriage also welcomed California\u2019s new law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California has officially banned child marriage after Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation requiring people to be at least 18 years old to marry in the state. The new law, which takes effect on January 1, ends a practice that remains legal under certain circumstances in 32 US states. Newsom described the measure as a \u201clong [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2588,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,37],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstoday24hour.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstoday24hour.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstoday24hour.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday24hour.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday24hour.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2587"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday24hour.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2589,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday24hour.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587\/revisions\/2589"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday24hour.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstoday24hour.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday24hour.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstoday24hour.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}