Show WOULD BAN CHILD UNION Florida C Club I u b Women Fight to Stop Marriage of Children TALLAHASSEE Fla Pla July 1 18 W The CAl Tb ot of Florida plan to la make mke a a strong stron right fight at the forthcoming biennial legIslative session In April and Ma Ma 1925 1 2 to toha toha ai ha base hae e the th marriage laws ot of the be state stat mended amended setting etHne a limit upon the marriageable age afe ot of girls firis The Tir matter was as as a a subject ot of great at Tampa recently hen V hen a gIrl brIde brid aa wa as brought brou ht be- be before tor b-tor tore fore th the county probation officer It was wa discovered dl that the child childs child's parents were ere ere dead and that she h bad been b n left loft in the tho care ot of her aged agod grandmother Tb grand grandmother mother had bad given her consent the only legal reQuirement to the child s marrIage to a a man of ot 24 ears ot of ago age EO The Tb unIon irlon resulted dIn In grief triet to the tho young yount wife wl Now the club women backed by judges probation officers officer and others plan plana a fight to bring brine about enactment of laws designed deIgned deI ned to prevent a a recur recur- recurrence recurrence rence of or such lIuch tragedies tre As As A It Is I at present the county judges are declared Mrs Amos I Norris Tampa oman club In making it known that her or organization would carry the th fight be before Core the thi legIslature It If the th par par- parents par or guardians of ot a child con bent there Is no ao law to prevent children ot of 11 or even marrying In the lie recent case ot of the 11 yeu old bride which has bas hi brought this matter again before the th pub lie Judge Judee Hazard at first refused to Issue the Ibe license licens but upon fur fur- further further further ther examination of o the law he realIzed that he had no legal local right to deny it when the grandmothers grandmother's consent was as as given t en and so he Is- Is Issued issued sued it-sued sued It He H could do nothing else el We hope to alter aller this condItion by bringing about a state law that silI define the minimum age limit for marriages with aith guardians guardian's con consent consent consent sent Sixteen ears has bas been suggested as the th limit I |