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This is fascinating. Lots of question, not sure where I stand, I hope someone will come in and force me to actually think about the issues here.
Something Did Not Stay In Vegas: Florida Father Jailed For Contempt in Consenting To 16-Year-Old Son To Marry « JONATHAN TURLEY
There is an absolutely fascinating contempt finding in Florida where Millionaire Dan Rotta, 65, has been sent to jail for 180 days for criminal contempt in a divorce case for allowing his 16 year old son to get married in Las Vegas. The court had ordered that the boy be sent to a special school in Utah at the request of his mother Rene Rotta in light of his problems with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder. However, by marrying with the consent of one parent in Vegas, the boy is now legally treated as an adult and is no longer under the jurisdiction of the court as a child in the divorce case.
The teen had been ordered to enroll in the Logan River Academy in Utah. However, the day after he turned 16, he married Diana Esperanza Mendoza Guzman, the familys housekeepers 18-year-old Colombian-born daughter. When confronted in court about the marriage, Rotta eventually admitted that he signed his consent Vegas only requires the consent of one parent . . . or two Elvis impersonators.
Something Did Not Stay In Vegas: Florida Father Jailed For Contempt in Consenting To 16-Year-Old Son To Marry « JONATHAN TURLEY