Nevada Revised Statutes

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 122.025 (2026)

Marriage of minor who is 17 years of age: Consent of parent or guardian; authorization by court

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NRS 122.025 Marriage of minor who is 17 years of age: Consent of parent or guardian; authorization by court.

1. A minor who is 17 years of age may marry only if the minor has the consent of:

(a) Either parent; or

(b) The minor’s legal guardian,

Ê and the minor also obtains authorization from a district court as provided in this section.

2. In extraordinary circumstances, a district court may authorize the marriage of a minor who is 17 years of age if the court finds, by clear and convincing evidence, after an evidentiary hearing in which both parties to the prospective marriage provide sworn testimony, that:

(a) Both parties to the prospective marriage are residents of this State;

(b) The marriage will serve the best interests of the minor; and

Ê Pregnancy alone does not establish that the best interests of the minor will be served by marriage, nor may pregnancy be required by a court as a condition necessary for its authorization for the marriage of the minor.

3. In determining the best interests of the minor for the purposes of subsection 2, the court shall consider, without limitation:

(a) The difference in age between the parties to the prospective marriage;

(b) The need for the marriage to occur before the minor reaches 18 years of age; and

(Added to NRS by 1957, 316; A 1975, 1817; 1977, 279; 2019, 3660)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1995–2003 · leading case: Kirkpatrick v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Court Ex Rel. Cnty. of Clark, 64 P.3d 1056 (Nev. 2003).

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Kirkpatrick v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Court Ex Rel. Cnty. of Clark, 64 P.3d 1056 (Nev. 2003). · cites it 26× “Bruce Kirkpatrick asked us to hold unconstitutional NRS 122.025, which permits a minor under the age of sixteen to marry with the consent of one parent and district court authorization.”

Kirkpatrick v. Dist. Ct., 43 P.3d 998 (Nev. 2002). · cites it 29× “Under that statute, the district court permitted petitioner's fifteen-year-old daughter to marry a forty-eight-year-old man.”

Kirkpatrick v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Court of the State of Nevada, 43 P.3d 998 (Nev. 2002). · cites it 29× “: In this case we are asked to determine the constitutionality of NRS 122.025, which permits a minor under the age of sixteen to marry with the consent of one parent and the district court’s authorization.”

George Thomas Smith, Jr. v. Commonwealth (Va. Ct. App. 1995). “At age twelve, she was not so young as to exclude as irrational the idea of marriage.”

— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 122.025(1) — 1 case

Kirkpatrick v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Court Ex Rel. Cnty. of Clark, 64 P.3d 1056 (Nev. 2003). “Bruce Kirkpatrick asked us to hold unconstitutional NRS 122.025, which permits a minor under the age of sixteen to marry with the consent of one parent and district court authorization.”

— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 122.025(2) — 3 cases

Kirkpatrick v. Dist. Ct., 43 P.3d 998 (Nev. 2002). “Under that statute, the district court permitted petitioner's fifteen-year-old daughter to marry a forty-eight-year-old man.”

Kirkpatrick v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Court of the State of Nevada, 43 P.3d 998 (Nev. 2002). “: In this case we are asked to determine the constitutionality of NRS 122.025, which permits a minor under the age of sixteen to marry with the consent of one parent and the district court’s authorization.”

— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 122.025(2)(a) — 2 cases

Kirkpatrick v. Dist. Ct., 43 P.3d 998 (Nev. 2002). “Under that statute, the district court permitted petitioner's fifteen-year-old daughter to marry a forty-eight-year-old man.”

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