Gen. No. 10,949. November 1, 1957. Released for publication November 21, 1957. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Du Page county; the Hon. MEL ABRAHAMSON, Judge, presiding. Decree affirmed. Philip F. Locke, of Glen Ellyn, and Edgar J. Elliott, of Wheaton, for appellant. Walter Bard Carroll, of Downers Grove, and Gordon Moffett, of Wheaton, for appellee. PRESIDING JUSTICE DOVE delivered the opinion of the court. On December 24, 1953, Florence E. Long filed, in the office of the Circuit Court of Du Page
Gen. No. 44,783. (Abstract of Decision.) Opinion filed October 31, 1949 Released for publication November 21, 1949 MARRIAGE, § 3 — validity of marriage of 18-year-old male. Marriage of a male person between ages of 18 and 21 years, even without consent of his parents, is valid; hence decree of annulment of marriage under complaint alleging merely that plaintiff was only 18 years of age at time of marriage was unauthorized. See Callaghan's Illinois Digest, same topic and section number. Appeal from
Opinion filed November 2, 1942. 1. MARRIAGE, § 29 — when marriage of minors not annulled. Marriage in Missouri, not followed by cohabitation, of 17 year old Illinois girl and 20 year old Illinois man without parental consent would not be annulled at suit of girl where there was no evidence of any deceit or misrepresentation, no mental or physical disability, and no duress or wrong doing of any character amounting to fraud (Mo. Rev. Stat. 1939, sec. 3364; Ill. Rev. Stat. 1941, ch. 89, par. 3; Jones
Gen. No. 33,466. Opinion filed October 11, 1929. MARRIAGE — when nonage no ground for annulment. A marriage entered into by a minor without parental consent, as required under section 3 of the Marriage Act, Cahill's St. ch. 89, ¶ 3, cannot be annulled for nonage, even though the parties never cohabited, since the statutory provision requiring parental consent is construed as merely directory, in the absence of express provision to the contrary. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon