I remember Waco.
The age of consent in TX is 17, so they can go with statutory rape charges.
Yes, it is very possable.
From Texas Family Code:
2.003. APPLICATION FOR LICENSE BY MINOR. In addition to the other requirements provided by this chapter, a person under 18 years of age applying for a license must provide to the county clerk: (1) documents establishing, as provided by Section 2.102, parental consent for the person to the marriage; (2) documents establishing that a prior marriage of the person has been dissolved; or (3) a court order granted under Section 2.103 authorizing the marriage of the person.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, � 1, eff. April 17, 1997.
2.102. PARENTAL CONSENT FOR UNDERAGE APPLICANT. (a) If an applicant is 14 years of age or older but under 18 years of age, the county clerk shall issue the license if parental consent is given as provided by this section. (b) Parental consent must be evidenced by a written declaration on a form supplied by the county clerk in which the person consents to the marriage and swears that the person is a parent (if there is no judicially designated managing conservator or guardian of the applicant's person) or a judicially designated managing conservator or guardian (whether an individual, authorized agency, or court) of the applicant's person. (c) Except as otherwise provided by this section, consent must be acknowledged before a county clerk. (d) If the person giving parental consent resides in another state, the consent may be acknowledged before an officer authorized to issue marriage licenses in that state. (e) If the person giving parental consent is unable because of illness or incapacity to comply with the provisions of Subsection (c) or (d), the consent may be acknowledged before any officer authorized to take acknowledgments. A consent under this subsection must be accompanied by a physician's affidavit stating that the person giving parental consent is unable to comply because of illness or incapacity. (f) Parental consent must be given at the time the application for the marriage license is made or not earlier than the 30th day preceding the date the application is made.
So, if their paperwork is in order the LEO's have a little explaining to do.
CNN reported that you cannot get married at 15 in Texas, even with parental consent.
This girl is 16 with an 8 month old baby.
That puts her at 14 or 15 when that pervert molested her.
Doing the math, the child has an “approximately’ eight month old son. Calculating normal human gestation of nine months this infers that she was roughly 14.5 years when she became pregnant. Pretty damn hard to ignore, especially after she notified authorities of her situation.
Found another version that is the same but has the permitted age at 16.
§ 2.102. PARENTAL CONSENT FOR UNDERAGE APPLICANT. (a) If an applicant is 16 years of age or older but under 18 years of age, the county clerk shall issue the license if parental consent is given as provided by this section.
Of cours, this only applies to American citizens, not illegal aliens...
Dude... she had a baby at 16 which means she was impregnated when she was around 15. Remember math is your friend...
According to another source, it was a “spiritual marriage”—meaning that it had no legal standing. The polygamist pattern is to marry the first wife legally, and all subsequent marriages are “spiritual.” This is also why the biggest source of income at some of these communities is financial aid to single mothers.