New York raises age of consent for marriage from 14 to 18
New York's Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed an anti-child marriage law to increase the marriageable age from 14 to 18. Under the previous law, the minimum age for marriage was 18 but children of the age 14 were allowed to marry with parental and court approval. Nearly 4,000 children under 18 had married in New York between 2001 to 2010.