OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
IimorableA. lladdox
County Attornoy
Palo Pinto CeuAty
Palo ?in*o, Taxas
Mar sir:
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ot thin 4a,pmtasnt
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y a hol4.r L
lr,theage OS Oighteut
664-190r the Poml
# the ea@loymkat OS
of 1% ,roarrr to sa11,
to *solat in relllag,
boar in my utabliah-
at reted to br oonauad
here aold, &lle Art. 4686 pro-
etrleti tenriluesaball be hsened
-0 aAd 5ho11 h6VU E&l. &&6 &!@8
@ to wh&h rrhrwould have hem 6n-
tltladhad #B&U been at the time 02' her merriaga
or iIll1 age.
"I up of the opinion that Art. 4625 404~
not grunt unto the luaployar ia QUestlOa the right
aad pTitile$~ to hire 8 IIlWriad mIUti~ iA this
instunas If she 1s radar eighteen years of age.
Tour ogtnion on this mttkr will b e&laetlylp-
prealatsd.*
HonorcrbloA. ~MOJL, kg. I!
Artisle uati, hmwn*~ haotnta4 ciru aatPt00,
prorldu:
v+wry faash the 880 or treaty-
War
OREyoerr who Ahall mrry ln laoordamo rlth
the lAU8 of taio sttltr, 8hAll., tIQn 80d 8rtur
the time or luah narrl&go bo doead Co be of
ru11 A&o AA4 ohan bA7e A e the rlghto mn6
prlvllagu to wblch nlm +ould hara beer matlt-
ld hail aha boa at the time o? Ire mrrh~a
8r lull we.*
“ro aote thpt yw rof*r tta Artlale 686-10, Bution t,
or th0 Penal coda. OQedo not thia;r t&at Article 666-19 of the
PeJtd COdO hAo a AFlpJBliAAtiOA t0 thr~ +$motiOA UJAl.r lo~oi,dom-
t10li. It lo lp & tW#At
that y80 hTa rorenoer to Bmtion t O?
Art1010 061-19, %mum'8 Am%o%otd Ponml Code, rhioh pro~ld~o
in mrtr
N~aD~rtt orMminl8trat6rohollh~ro Uko
p a era a ldutherlt~ to 0~0001 tbo lioonoo Of
m y p wo o rli
athorltwl to loll bow after aotloo
and hoarlng Q# heroin provide6 QPOA ri0ai0g that
t&e lis*Ao~e bar:
*. . .
"(f) iRnplo~e4 any @orron aabr the a(10 of
sl@tun fl@) par8 to lolL, hurcllo, or Qiopmoo
o r to A8oiot inlouing, bADdu*, Of diop*Aoinl
boar in aa7 oAtAbltohment dtom bur im o@ld OC
retail k, be 000OU8Bd On Oh0 prO8iOOO UhSrS 00&d;
. . l
0
Pbe oar0 oi fWlllp0 v. @tati, $0 8. PT. (M) 990,
uongc other thing*, hOldA in *Itut &at a r0me who io uadar
the l&e of 18 year0 at the tfr or trial aab married -0 m%tith-
ia the purvi~r or Artiale lOBS, Cdo d Crlmfnl Prmodur~,
relating to de&inquent a&ildnA, ROtW%thOr*nbi0g &tl~lA IbPb,
v0m0~*0 bncotatrd clvi; Gtetutu, pmvtuJag thet art8r abm
r ;ug e l r ea u tan&m Sl foam ol -0 ohaL& fran time of mr-
rta8 be deemed or full age.
It wes a&d la the woo oi Bealoy t. Steta, 15. w. (Pd)
9 03, t& & t l olarrlsdremale uad02 the 8~30 Of LB furo'm~ be
th4 lubdeot o,Prupa, e’c1)a thou&i ah 0oAoaAto to the aat OS
Bomoi‘a~lo
A. MB+lQx, Pago S
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lOXUOlia t-CUF @ ~~t.ltith Ota AthO'~~OViOiOAO
di~ Of Artlalo
? 468s‘ Vornon*oAnnotatedCivil 3trtutei.
I Ii~ierrln(: to hrtlala44)ES,
it is ltatmd in Texas
Jur$iprudMol,Bolume z3, jmgs 705:
Vho provltionfor the rlfa*o boom&i@ of
full ago
upon marrying doea sot 8frm the
lx e a p tioof aP a r r 20a
wo ma nfr eaopuacion 0r
the lt~tuteo 4r llaltazlono, oinao these otat-
utoo aper opaiflaally with roopot to the
mttor, . . ,*
Codor th eltatutu oi tgio State &taining to aleo-
tlono a marrid remalm under 81 run of a60 lo not utitlea
EO YOU. olbhorrgh
Oth0XI@iOO fpl;lFpI&ifiOd kUJtrilmW?dsngthe
pro~lols~o o? arid Artlolo 4685, rtlprrt.
08dor tho provlolono or Artlo 66&l@, tornon*&
Annotated Pemal Ct!do,t&r Boar4 or Admlnlotrator &Ml.1 hn+o
the parer and 8uthorltF ta cane01 thr l&mane of lrrqpmoen
authorlam to loll beer aftor notloe and hoarlngas proo*ido~
by law upon finding tht the llanaooo b~o~er9loysd q pu-
80n U&U th# 860 Of1 8 ~ur 0 ,tO
l~li,,h a6rndl~ diOp OM 0,
o r to~noo&ot.ia lolllng, h&adllq or 6lo9onoi,fqbeer lo any
iokbllohaont aore bbor ia lold'st retail to bo etmoor4 08
the pruluo wtlua 0016. It fr apparent, w* think, that the
LS~&lOtPro lantmM@l t&t RO puoo~ UMOr the 4o Of lB furs
c o uld
bo lmglo~hd to sell, h~ndlo or dlop~se or to as&lot
in lollln&,haadllag,or dlo9eao~~ boar in a&y oot8bUo&aont
vhara bnr 1s sold at rrtdl to be oonour,d OR the realsso
whore solad rs~rdloon of the marital at&w ot DUOP per&o&
fr think Bhat by amlog,~ths prlnoipk& Oocitrolliag the Qeot-
donr abaa ~nsdtloesd lhaul~ bvo rpplleatien hetie Tf&ere-
tore, H r~opsotrtily muwr the 8hora o~etod qu4otlonin the
m wtlti.
Truatiagthat the foregolrqfully aamtero~ur ln-
Q~V. llaa=
. Yours VMF truly