Two (2) individuals may marry each other if:

1. (1) both individuals are at least sixteen (16) years of age;
2. (2) one (1) of the individuals is not more than four (4) years older than the other individual if the other individual is sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) years of age;

3. (3) each individual who is less than eighteen (18) years of age:

   1. (A) has been granted an order by a juvenile court under section 7 of this chapter granting the individual approval to marry and completely emancipating the individual; and

   2. (B) not earlier than fifteen (15) days after the issuance of the order described in clause (A), presents to the clerk of the circuit court an application for a marriage license accompanied by:

      1. (i) a certified copy of the order; and
      2. (ii) a certificate of completion of any premarital counseling required under the order; and

4. (4) the individuals are not prohibited from marrying each other for a reason set forth in this article.

   [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-7-1-6.]

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.94-2020, SEC.4.