OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Iimorable A. lladdox 

County Attornoy 

Palo Pinto CeuAty 

Palo ?in*o, Taxas 

Mar sir: 

ot thin 4a,pmtasnt 

lOW8: 

oplaloh 

od to a8 a6 

y a hol4.r L 

l r,the age OS Oighteut 

664-19 0r the Poml 

# the ea@loymkat OS 

of 1% ,roarrr to sa11, 

to *solat in relllag, 

boar in my utabliahat reted to br oonauad 

here aold, &lle Art. 4686 proetrleti tenrilues aball be hsened 

-0 aAd 5ho11 h6VU E&l. &&6 &!@8 

@ to wh&h rrhr would have hem 6ntltladhad #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 &laetly l pprealatsd.* 
Honorcrblo A. ~MOJL, kg. I! 

Artisle uati, hmwn*~ haotnta4 ciru aatPt00, 

prorldu: 

v+wry faash War the 880 or treatyORE yoerr who Ahall mrry ln l aoordamo rlth 

the lAU8 of taio sttltr, 8hAll., tIQn 80d 8rtur 

the time or l uah 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 matltld 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. OQe do not thia;r t&at Article 666-19 of the 

PeJtd COdO hAo a AF l pJBliAAtiOA t0 thr~ +$motiOA UJAl.r l o~oi,domt10li. It lo l p & 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 er a a l d utherlt~ to 0~0001 tbo lioonoo Of 

my p woorl i athorltwl to l oll 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 l olL, hurcllo, or Qiopmoo 

or to A8oiot in l ouing, bADdu*, Of diop*Aoinl 

boar in aa7 oAtAbltohment dtom bur im o@ld OC 

retail k, be 000OU8Bd On Oh0 prO8iOOO UhSrS 00&d; 

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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%tithia 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 ;uge l r ea u tan&m Sl foam ol -0 ohaL& fran time of mrrta8 be deemed or full age. 

It wes a&d la the woo oi Bealoy t. Steta, 15. w. (Pd) 

903, t& & t l olarrlsd remale uad02 the 8~30 Of LB furo'm~ be 

th4 l ubdeot o,P rupa, e’c1)a thou&i ah 0oAoaAto to the aat OS 
Bomoi‘a~lo A. MB+lQx, Pago S 

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l OXUOl ia t-CUF @ ~ ~t.ltithOta AthO'~~OViOiOAO di~ Of Artlalo 

468s‘ Vornon*o Annotated Civil 3trtutei. 

I Ii~ierrln(: to hrtlala 44)ES, it is l tatmd in Texas 

Jur$iprudMol, Bolume z3, jmgs 705: 

Vho provltion for the rlfa*o boom&i@ of 

full ago upon marrying doea sot 8frm the 

l xea p tioof a P a r r 20woa ma n f r ea opuacion 0r 

the l t~tuteo 4r llaltazlono, oinao these otatutoo aper opaiflaally with roopot to the 

mttor, . . ,* 

Codor the l tatutu oi tgio State &taining to aleotlono a marrid remalm under 81 run of a60 lo not utitlea 

EO YOU. olbhorrgh Oth0XI@iOO fpl;lF pI&ifiOd kUJtrilmW?dsng the 

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 l rrq pmoen 

authorlam to l oll beer aftor notloe and hoarlng as proo*ido~ 

by law upon finding tht the llanaooo b~o~er9loysd q pu80n U&U th# 860 Of 1 8 ~ur 0 ,tl O ~li,,h a6r ndidlO~ p OM 0, 

or to~noo&ot.ia l olllng, h&adllq or 6lo9onoi,fq beer lo any 

iokbllohaont aore bbor ia l old'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 ulbo d l mglo~hd to sell, h~ndlo or dlop~se or to as&lot 

in l ollln&, 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 DUO P per&o& 

fr think Bhat by amlog,~ ths prlnoipk& Oocitrolliag the Qeotdonr abaa ~nsdtloesd l haul~ bvo rpplleatien hetie Tf&eretore, H r~opsotrtily muwr the 8hora o~etod qu4otlon in the 

m wtlti. 

Truatiag that the foregolrq fully aamtero~ur lnQ~V. lla a= 

. Yours VMF truly