OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Eomrable C. '~.~oodrow
Laughlin
county Attorney
Jim Wsll.rr County
Aliae, TexatI
Opinion No. o-4
Dear Fir:
vised civil stitutbs or
who desire to marry
the lioenm
p Clerk
uthorieed by law to oele-
many, whhiahshall be
o oelebrate euoh marriage.'
Jobllson,61 -.W. 143, the Court
under the cirs;umstenoes of this
kssanot authorized to issue this
the consent of the parent, -
under the age 0r fourteen - still
we are or the oplnlon thot the plalntMr la estopped
ironirecovering, and under the rSOt6 no other jUd&
ment would have been properly rendered.'
Iionor8bla C. Woodrew Laughlin, Pa@ 2
'It la thereron, tha o~lnlon or th14 atrho
that where the m4le la under airtoea or bhe romale
i6 undOr fOurt446 that the COUnty Clerk ha6 no au-
thority whatever to lrsua a marrlap lloenae and
#et in suoh a Olae the County Clerk la oompelled
by law to r4fuas to issue the a4me.*
A6 QOmOd out in your letter Article 4603 provide6
that male6 under airtean and rem6106 under rart46n y44ra o*
6g4 ah411 not marry.
It might 41~ b4 noted that Art1016 4607 provIdea
that it ah411 not be lawful ror any perlronor aauoaal~
blood or their desoend4nto to Intermarry with Pfrloana or
the deaoendenta or Afrlosn~.
Art1014 4605 read6 44 rollowar
Vo olerk ah@11 168~4 l lioenae without the
oona4nt or bho psnnt or Ctuardlsn4f ths partlea
applyIn& it there be a guardian. Suoh oonmaf
may k gIvea In person, or In writ1 algnedaad
loknowledged by amid parent or guard“(san berow
6n offloer ruthorlzed to takr 4oknowl4dmsnt8,
unless the psrtier 60 applylog are, In the o6ae
or the lasletwenty-one yern of age, and in oaae
or the ibraalealghtoen yearn or a@. xr theru
be may doubt In tha mind of th4 olsrk, he ahall
not issue arid lloenae unleaa therm ah411 be pre-
aentrd to bin 6 sworn oertiiloete from th4 parent
or guardian or 601~ person other than the oon-
treating psrtiea that the 4oqtraotlng g6rtfo6
hat4 attained the age6 siar46U.d. Fiothlw h4nln
ahail b4 oonrtrued to 6rr0ot the lsernanae or
marrlrge 1104nse In aedu4tlon proaeoutlon. rr
6 minor has neither peront nor gufmdlan, then
the olerY shall not issue a lIosn64 without the
consent of the ooontg judpJ,or the oounty 0r the
~~idenoe Or euoh minor, auoh consent to b4 in
writing and elgned and croknowledgedby 6uoR
oounty judge. P.D., 4667; Aota lP11, p. 63.*
Thereno is~rovl~icm in the above ,Artiols for the
Clerk to lloense
144~4 4 to me146 under 16 or fern6146under
14, ~V.LI with tha written oonesnt Of the psr4nt or ~~;A:xI.
mere 10 only n provision for thr Blerk to i**u@ 6 E
Bonorable C. ploodrow Laughlin, saga f
w melea over airteen an& under ,trrnty-one and femalea over
fourteen end under eighteen, ~4th tha oonaent of the r;arant
OF gunrdlsn, lr there be a guardian.
In like mnner there 16 no Frovlalon in the above
&tl.ole 4605 ror the Clerk to laauo a lloenae to tboae pro-
hibltod rrom marrying a8 set rorth-in Artlole 4607.
In other words there la ma provlrsion in the atdutoa
rutborlzing the Clerk to laaw a marrIs(F lioenee to thoaa
rho me speslrloally prohlbltrd iros entering Into the aurlago
relation.
we thsrorore mawor youx puostlon In the negatlw.
Vsrg truly par*