When I was a kid in the fifties I remember people would say you could run over to Maryland and get married at the age of 14. Does anybody know if that was true?
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MD was famous for marriage. Specifically, Cecil County northeast-most corner of the state.
Maryland for marriage, Nevada for divorce.
Maryland has been depicted in several old movies as the place for a quick marriage. As I recall, a Bette Davis movie and definitely one of the famous Doris Day Rock Hudson flicks.