She was surprised, frankly, that it took so long. She is, after all, Dr. Phil's first wife, the ex-cheerleader he married Nov. 27, 1970, at Southridge Presbyterian Church in Roeland Park, Kan. That's Phillip C. McGraw, the TV psychologist Oprah made famous.
The age of consent is sixteen. With parental consent and/or the consent of the judge, males can marry at age seventeen and females can marry at age fifteen. Common law marriage is not recognized. The age of consent is seventeen.
New York ends child marriage, raising age of consent from 14 to 18. A young actress plays the role of Giorgia, 10, forced to marry Paolo, 47, during a happening organised by Amnesty International to denounce child marriage, on October 27, 2016 in Rome.