Question #1 - Consider this: 17 year-old Tony, without the consent of his parents, married Donna, a fourteen year-old, also without her parent 's consent. They both misrepresented their ages to the City Clerk in the State of Booth, by producing computer-forged birth certificates. Tony and Donna lived together as Husband and Wife for 2 years until Tony left Donna for a co-worker, whom he married after a 3 month The Courtship. Is Tony guilty of bigamy? Explain your answer.
No Tony would not be guilty of bigamy because his first marriage to the 14 year old was done under fraudulent circumstances, therefor the marriage is rendered null and void.
#2. Do you believe that there are some circumstances under which a minor should be allowed to marry
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Some people would probably say the a minor who is pregnant, should be allowed to marry without parental consent, but as a mother, I disagee with that I do not believe that there is ever a right circumstance for a minor to be married. A minor is not automatically emancipated when she/he becomes a mother or a father, or when she/he gets married. They are still considered to be minors under the law, and in society.
However, in a New York case, Moe v. Dinkins, involving a 15 year old girl name Maria Moe, and an 18 year old boy name Raoul Roe, who had a baby tried to get married without receiving the consent from Maria’s mother. The statute stated that consent is needed by both parents for a minor to be married. Maria argued that his restriction is against her constitutional right to get married because she will never receive consent from her mother because giving consent would go against her mother’s of personal interest. The The Court concluded that the New York parental consent requirement is rationallyly related to the State’s legitimate interest in mature decision-making with respect to marriage by minors; therefore the parental consent requirement does not violate Maria’s constitutional
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I will be evaluating the case of Angela and Adam. Angela is a white 17 year old female and Adam is her son who is 11 months old (Broderick, P., & Blewitt, P., 2015). According to Broderick, P., & Blewitt, P., (2015) Angela and her baby live with her mother, Sarah, in a small rental house in a semirural community in the Midwest. Adam’s father, Wayne, is estranged from the family due to Sarah refusing to allow him in the house however, Angela continues to see him without her mother’s permission which is very upsetting for Sarah. Angela dropped out of high school and struggles raising her son (Broderick, P., & Blewitt, P., 2015). With all that is going on in Angela and Sarah’s life right now their relationship has become strained and hostile which
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How can a child make the decision for the life of another child by themselves? In this paper I will outline the mental, physical, and safety issues of minors (age 18 and under) having an abortion and why it is so important that they need to get parental consent before making this life long decision.
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In this paper I am writing about marriage and infidelity in modern life and the books we have read in class. Marriage is a mutual bond in which a man and a woman decide to be with each other until they die. Infidelity is basically when the man or woman in a relationship cheat on the other person, without them knowing.
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After many years of prosecuting statutory rape laws, some people are being to question whether or not these laws when concerning non-violent “sex with a minor” are actually appropriate and effective in protecting the rights of minors. The people who support statutory rape laws would argue that in any relationship where one legal aged partner is significantly older than the other, the older of the two has a greater power advantage over the younger. Thus even if a person under the age of consent agrees to sexual activity, it is still considered lawfully to be rape, because that person is not mature enough to make a well thought-out decision. Adults fear that the younger person in the relationship may be unconsciously forced emotionally, if not physically, into engaging in sexual acts with their partner. According to the Taking Sides (Issue 17), “Statutory rape laws are designed, in part, to keep these types of unequal relationships from becoming human nature.”
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There are two views on the application of golden rule. First, in the narrow sense, the possible meaning of words will be chosen by judges after taking the rational consideration. In the case of R v Allen , Section 57 of the Offences Against the Persons Act 1861 clearly states that it is illegal if someone who married twice shall committed bigamy. Bicamy actually is an offence of marrying another person but he or she still is a married man or woman. In this case, the defendant who is a married man had married with another woman. The term ‘marry’ was being considered. First, ‘marry’ means someone be married to the other person with the legal and valid proceedings. Second, ‘marry’ means the parties have to undergo the marriage ceremony. It was argued that the defendant did not commit this offence because he was not married to the other women since the law prohibited the people from committing bigamy. The court chose the second meaning because the first meaning will indirectly produce uncertain and absurd consequence in which there is nobody guilty of offense. On the other hand, the judge can apply the golden rule on a wider sense. Court has the responsibility to modify or adjust the meaning of words of statute if the meaning of words may lead to absurdity or unclear
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