Consistent with our membership’s position on child marriage, the Justice of the Peace Association joined forces with the MA Coalition to End Child Marriage to raise the minimum age to wed. JPus submitted written testimony to the state’s Joint Commission on Children, Families and Person with Disabilities explaining why the organization supports S24, an Act to End Child Marriage. Read more.
Announcements
Month: March 2019
JPus: Increase Marriage Age in MA
Consistent with our membership’s position on child marriage, the Justice of the Peace Association joined forces with the MA Coalition to End Child Marriage to raise the minimum age to wed. JPus submitted written testimony to the state’s Joint Commission on Children, Families and Person with Disabilities explaining why the organization supports S24, an Act to End Child Marriage. Read more.
NH JPs sign onto JPus Testimony
Today 29 New Hampshire justices of the peace endorsed the Justice of the Peace Association’s statement opposing HB 295. The bill would establish a special marriage officiant license, allowing temporary officiants. JPus’ Loretta Jay submitted the statement and testified before the state’s House Ways and Means Committee, Read more here.