text: can a 16 year old get married without parental consent?   let me say first that a lot of things that you find on the internet are incorrect/outdated.  for example:  http://www.coolnurse.com/marriage_laws.htm states that in ga a pregnant minor can marry without parental consent.  they used to be able to, but ga has now changed that law and pregnant minors can no longer marry in ga without parental consent.  and don’t run off and get pregnant thinking that you will then be able to get married or obtain permission from a judge to get married, because it’s usually denied.  a pregnancy alone does not automatically mean that marriage is in the best interest of the minor and is not normally a sufficient enough reason for a judge to override a parents rights/wishes by granting a minor permission to marry when their parents object to it.  and as far as emancipation, which is very hard to obtain by the way, there are states where emancipation does not give a minor the right to get married.    at 18 you can get married.