COMMONWEALTH v. HALLAHAN


391 S.W.2d 378 (1965)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Robert Matthews, Attorney General, et al., Appellants, v. James HALLAHAN, County Court Clerk of Jefferson County, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

May 28, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Matthews, Atty. Gen., Henri L. Mangeot, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellants.

E.P. Sawyer, Jefferson County Atty., Kenneth B. Kusch, Michael M. Hellmann, Louisville, for appellees.


PALMORE, Judge.

The question in this case is whether that portion of Senate Bill 22 enacted in 1964 (c. 21, Acts of 1964) which now appears as KRS 2.015 impliedly amends KRS 402.210 by reducing from 21 to 18 the age at which a person can obtain a marriage license without the consent of parent or guardian. The circuit court held that it does. Our conclusion is that it does not.

KRS 402.210 provides that if "either...

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