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By Sheri & Bob Stritof, About.com Guides to Marriage since 1997

Teen Marriages Put Parents in Courts

Monday January 24, 2005
The Grand Forks Herald reports that Romani immigrant traditions are so important to families that parents are willing to break the law to allow their young teenage daughters to marry.

The laws are the laws though, and husbands and parents are being charged with encouraging the deprivation of a minor for allowing the marriage of girls as young as 14 and 15.
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