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 

### 664-190r 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 proetrleti tenrilues

aball be 

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

### @ to 

### wh&h rrhr

would have hem 6ntltladhad #B&Ubeen at the time 02'her merriaga or iIll1age. 

### "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 be 

### &laetlyl



### 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 Ae 

### 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 thptyw 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 lo~oi,domt10li. 

### It lo lp &t W# 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 

### pa e r a a d l utherlt~ to 0~0001 tbo lioonoo Of 

### mypw oori

l athorltwl to 

### l

oll bow after 

### aotloo and hoarlng Q# heroin provide6 QPOA ri0ai0g 

### that t&e lis*Ao~e bar:
*. . . "(f) iRnplo~e4any @orron aabr the a(10 of sl@tun fl@) par8 to 

### l olL, hurcllo, or Qiopmoo 

### or t o A8oiot 

### inl

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; 0 . . l 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 

### year0at 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 re a 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)
9 03, t & & t l olarrlsd remale uad02 the 8~30 Of LB furo'm~ be th4 

### l ubdeot o,Prupa, e’c1)a thou&i ah 0oAoaAto to the aat OS

# Bomoi‘a~lo A. MB+lQx, Pago S I
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OXU Ol iat- CUF @~~t.ltit hOtaAdi ~ thO'~~OViOiOAO O fArtlalo 

### 468s‘Vornon*o

Annotated

Civil3trtutei.
I Ii~ierrln(: to 

### hrtlala44)ES, it is l

### tatmd in Texas Jur$iprudMol,

Bolumez3, jmgs 705: Vho provltion

for the rlfa*oboom&i@ of full ago upon marrying doea 

### sot 

## 8frm the l xe a ptioa

of P a r r 20 a

w o m a n f r e a 

### opuacion 0r the l

t~tuteo 

## 4r llaltazlono, oinao these otatutoo aper opaiflaally with roopot 

### to the mttor,

. . ,*

Codor t he

l tatutu oi tgio State 

### &taining to aleo

### tlono 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 t ol

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 18 ~u r 0 ,t O l ~li,, h a n d l~

6 rdi Op OM0 , 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 u l d bo 

### 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 DUOP 

### per&o& fr think Bhat by 

### amlog,~ths prlnoipk& **Oocitrolliag the**  **Qeot** donr 

### abaa ~nsdtloesd l haul~ bvo rpplleatien hetie Tf&ere

## tore, H r~opsotrtily muwr the 8hora o~etod 

### qu4otlon in 

### the **m** wtlti. 

### Truatiagthat the foregolrq fullyaamtero~ur ln

### Q~V. lla

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. YoursVMF truly