This bill addresses provisions related to underage marriage.
This bill:
- creates the criminal offense of unlawfully marrying a minor;
- creates the criminal offense of transporting a minor out of state for an illegal marriage;
- creates the criminal offense of traveling out of state to marry a minor;
- moves to the criminal code the existing criminal offense for a parent or guardian to unlawfully consent or allow a minor to enter a marriage;
- moves to the criminal code the existing criminal offense for unlawfully solemnizing a marriage of a minor;
- moves to the criminal code the existing criminal offense of fraudulently acting as a minor's parent or guardian for the purpose of providing a false consent for the minor to get married;
- provides that the statute of limitations for a criminal prosecution for unlawfully marrying a minor, transporting a minor out of state for an illegal marriage, or traveling out of state to marry a minor is 15 years from the day on which a minor to the marriage turns 18 years old;
- provides that a marriage performed in another country, state, or territory, in which one of the parties to the marriage is a minor, is invalid in Utah unless the marriage meets certain requirements; and
- makes technical and conforming changes.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 76-1-302, 81-2-304, 81-2-407