Vermont.
Marriage.—No minimum age is fixed by statute for marriage of minors, but males under 21 years and females under 18 years require consent of parents.
Impediments.—The prohibited degrees of consanguinity and affinity are the same as in Massachusetts.
Formalities.—License, called in Vermont a “certificate,” is necessary.
No special form of marriage ceremony is prescribed, except that if solemnized by Quakers the ceremony must be in the form used in Quaker societies.
Causes for Divorce.—
1. Adultery.
2. When either party is sentenced to confinement in the State prison for life, or for three years or more, and is actually confined at the time.
3. Intolerable severity of either party.
4. Wilful desertion for three consecutive years.