The bill seeks to amend the Revised Code to raise the minimum marriage age to eighteen by repealing provisions that currently allow individuals as young as seventeen to marry. This includes the deletion of the provision that permits juvenile courts to hear applications for consent to marry, effectively eliminating the legal ability for those under eighteen to enter into marriage. The bill also makes various amendments to existing sections related to juvenile court jurisdiction, ensuring that legal counsel is provided for children in certain proceedings and clarifying the circumstances under which juvenile courts can exercise jurisdiction.

Additionally, the bill modifies the marriage license application process by removing the requirement for seventeen-year-old applicants to state that they received satisfactory marriage counseling. It allows courts to obtain and retain each party's social security number in a separate record, ensuring that the marriage license will not display either party's social security number. The bill also clarifies that individuals granted consent to marry under the former section 3101.04 will have the same legal capacity as those aged eighteen or older, although they will not be considered qualified electors. Several sections of the Revised Code are repealed to streamline the legal framework surrounding marriage licenses.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 2151.23, 2151.233, 2151.352, 3101.01, 3101.05, 3109.011, 3101.02, 3101.04, 3101.041, 3101.042