Girl, 12, divorces 80-year-old husband

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Girl, 12, divorces 80-year-old husband

Case spurs Saudi Arabia to consider minimum marriage age

msnbc.com

updated 5:44 p.m. ET, Thurs., April 22, 2010

The case of a 12-year-old Saudi Arabian girl who successfully won a divorce from

her 80-year-old husband could prompt the Arab kingdom to introduce a minimum

marriage age, the Telegraph of London reports.

The girl was 11 when she was wed against her wishes to her father's cousin last

year in an arranged marriage in her hometown of Buraidah, near the Saudi capital

of Riyadh, the Telegraph reported Thursday. Her father was paid a $23,350 dowry.

The girl, with the help of a lawyer from the state-run Human Rights Commission,

has been trying to get out of the marriage and took her case to court in

Buraidah. She recently reached an agreement with her family, and the divorce

will be settled privately rather than in the courts, the Telegraph reported.

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