Early marriage is defined as a marriage of a boy and a girl under nineteen
years of age. The marriage is done by the immature couple who do not understand
the purpose in marriage. The rise of cases of early marriage in Indonesia is due to
the actions of some parents. The methodology used in this research is the
normative method is based on legal norms, legal rules, legal theories, and legal
opinions. The marriage committed by minors, they arrange the early marriage of
their children because of some factors and it usually happens to the girls. One of
the causes of this matter to a girl is economic factor. It occurs because the
condition of underprivileged family of the girl that makes the parents decide to
marry her with a rich man. The effect of early marriage particularly on girls is on
their reproductive health. The underage girls who have immature of reproductive
system are not ready for having sex and getting pregnant. In addition, the
government has not yet given strict sanctions for children who have had marriages
and it causes the improvement of cases of children having marriages. To decrease
these cases and provide a protection for children, the government has renewed the
regulation of the minimum age limit for marriage both for men and women is over
nineteen years old.