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Divorced Before Puberty: Former Child Bride Details Marriage at Age 10 in New Book

by Amy Hatch, Posted Mar 5th 2010 10:30AM

Divorced at age 10. Credit: Amazon
Nujood Ali walked into a Yemeni courtroom and asked to see a judge, because she wanted a divorce. This may seem like a common tale of marital dissolution, but Nujood Ali was just 10 years old when she defied ...
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Is nine years old too young for marriage?

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Sep 30th 2008 4:00PM

Nine years old is a good age to play jump-rope, dress up dolls, and maybe, just maybe, start thinking about boys as something other than totally gross. Wedding plans should be strictly the fairytales and pumpkin kind and definitely not the actual ...
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Warren Jeffs found guilty

by Angie Felton, Posted Sep 26th 2007 10:02AM

A jury found Warren Jeffs, the "prophet" and leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints guilty of serving as an accomplice to rape for his role in the marriage of a fourteen year old girl. The conviction could send Jeffs ...
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