Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 minutes ago

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More than 90 Hawaiʻi residents under 18 — most girls — have gotten married in the past decade.

Fewer and fewer states allow underage marriage these days. Hawaiʻi still does, even though child marriage is getting rarer.

Ring a bell? This is the seventh year in a row that this has happened.

National groups say these arrangements can ensnare youth in potentially exploitative relationships, but a key Hawaiʻi legislator says underage marriage can have its perks.

Read the full story: civilbeat.org/2025/05/adults-still-marry-teens-15-ban-dies

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