Yet another religious cult raided

[kandrathe]

She was not of legal age when impregnated, IIRC.

That's hard to determine since Texas just recently raised their legal age of marriage to 18 without parental permission. If under the age of 16, the law requires that the couple receives a court order before being allowed to marry.

It used to be 14 with parental consent and/or permission of judge. Below age of consent parties need parental consent and permission of judge, no younger than 14 for males and 13 for females. Most State now require both parties to be 18 for marriage without parental permission, except Nebraska (19) and Mississippi (21). Many states have the language that allows for under aged marriages with parental, or court permission. New Hampshire allows for persons as young as 13 year olds to marry with court and parental permission.

The permissiveness of the Texas law is what probably attracted this sect to Texas in the first place.