California · Health and Safety Code - HSC
HSC §102250: (a) (1) The State Registrar shall, upon appropriation, establish a grant program for the purpose of studying extralegal marriages involving minors in the state.
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(a) (1) The State Registrar shall, upon appropriation, establish a grant program for the purpose of studying extralegal marriages involving minors in the state. (2) An “extralegal marriage involving minors” means a marriage in which one or both of the parties is under 18 years of age, and the marriage was not solemnized in accordance with the laws of this state, including, but not limited to, circumstances in which no marriage license was applied for, no marriage certificate was returned, or court approval was not sought. (b) (1) A report completed through the grant program shall address the prevalence of, conditions of, and circumstances surrounding extralegal marriages in the state and include both qualitative and quantitative data. (2) A report completed through the grant program shall not include personal identifying information about any person discussed in the report.
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