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What is the latest stipulated age for men and women to get married in 2022
Time:2025-08-28 Views:1155
Article 1047 of the Civil Code of the People's Republic of China stipulates that the age of marriage shall not be earlier than 22 years old for men and 20 years old for women.
The provisions of the Civil Code of our country regarding the age of marriage do not refer to the mandatory age for marriage or the optimal age for marriage, but rather the minimum age for getting married. It serves as the age boundary between illegal and legal marriages. Only when one reaches the legal age of marriage can they get married; otherwise, it is considered illegal. The legal age for marriage does not prevent men and women from voluntarily postponing their marriage based on their own circumstances. To implement China's national policy of family planning, the Civil Code also encourages late marriage and late childbearing.
(1) If a marriage is contracted before reaching the legal age of marriage, the marital relationship shall be invalid.
After both parties have reached the legal age for marriage, they can go to the marriage registration authority to make up for the marriage registration. After registration, the two parties establish a marital relationship, and the validity of the marital relationship commences from the time when both parties meet the marriage conditions stipulated in the Civil Code.
(2) Those who get married before reaching the legal age for marriage do not enjoy the rights and obligations between husband and wife as stipulated by law.
A man and a woman who get married before reaching the legal age for marriage do not have the legal obligations such as support and loyalty between husband and wife. Men and women who get married before reaching the legal age for marriage do not enjoy the rights of mutual inheritance of estates and guardianship when the other party does not have full capacity for civil conduct.
(3) If a person gets married before reaching the legal age for marriage, the court will not accept the case for the dissolution of the relationship.
If a lawsuit is brought due to disputes over property division or child custody during cohabitation, the people's court shall accept it. That is to say, for those who get married before reaching the legal age for marriage, only disputes over the division of property and child custody during cohabitation fall within the jurisdiction of the court.
The age of marriage stipulated in the Marriage Law has universal applicability, but in some special circumstances, the law also allows for exceptional provisions on the age of marriage. For instance, considering the multi-ethnic nature of our country, the people's congresses of ethnic autonomous areas have the right to formulate flexible regulations in light of the specific circumstances of local ethnic marriage and family. The legislative bodies of some ethnic autonomous areas in our country have made flexible provisions on the legal age of marriage in the Civil Code. For instance, in autonomous regions such as Ningxia, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and Xizang, as well as some autonomous prefectures and counties, the minimum age for marriage is set at 20 for men and 18 for women. However, these flexible regulations only apply to ethnic minorities and do not apply to the Han people living in the region.
The age of marriage mainly takes into account the physical development and intellectual maturity of both the man and the woman. Although marriage is free, it is still better to wait until the age of marriage to avoid unnecessary troubles in the marital life after marriage. The above is all the relevant content collected by the editor of Faneng Law Firm about the latest regulations on the marriageable age for men and women in 2022. We hope it can be helpful to you. Sichuan Faneng Law Firm is dedicated to serving you.