Marriage laws May 1st, 1950 and January 1st, 1981.

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August 5, 2019 at 9:51 pm #41555
Marcos Rico
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I think that this would be a great document to read with 4th graders and to compare it with marriage laws of the USA of the same time period. 

I find it interesting that they had specify in the law of 1950’s that the marriage of brothers and sisters is prohibited...

China’s marriage law of 1981 has only 37 articles!!! Article 37 states when this Law will come into force. Article 5, states that the man must be at least 22 years of age and the woman 20 years of age. I wonder why they selected those ages?

 I was looking for information on California marriage law and I found “Family Code, division 3. Marriage [300-536]” Does that mean that we have 236 laws about marriage in California? I am going to have to ask this question to the next lawyer that I meet...