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Re:Cuba about to adopt the most progressive family law in th... by tasty_freeze on Monday June 06, 2022 @07:29PM (#31647847)
When the US legalized gay marriage (at least for now), one of the talking points against it was that men could marry their sons to avoid the inheritance tax, the same idea you are talking about. But the fact is fathers could marry their daughters and mothers could marry their sons to avoid taxes before that law was passed, yet it wasn't done. It was all just a smokescreen.

The other funny thing was that the people against gay marriage by and large were also against inheritance taxes, so you'd think they'd applaud a new loophole.

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Re:Cuba about to adopt the most progressive family law in th... by travisathougies on Monday June 06, 2022 @07:37PM (#31647920)
> But the fact is fathers could marry their daughters and mothers could marry their sons to avoid taxes before that law was passed, yet it wasn't done.

No fathers cannot marry their children. Nor can mothers. That is illegal in every state I believe.

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Re:Cuba about to adopt the most progressive family law in th... by trasz on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @09:54AM (#31654328)
That's true: in US you can legally marry a child ("the youngest girls to marry in 2000-2010 were three Tennessee 10-year-old girls who married men aged 24, 25, and 31, respectively, in 2001", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_marriage_in_the_United_S...), but not your own child.

Although I'm sure there are ways around it if you are wealthy enough.

(ps "Human Rights Watch pointed out that Afghanistan has a tougher law on child marriage than parts of the United States")

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Re:Cuba about to adopt the most progressive family law in th... by travisathougies on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @02:06PM (#31658044)
Tennessee law has changed and there are now minimum ages. Surprisingly, there is no minimum age in CA; it's up to the courts.
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