Its estimated over half of the marriages worldwide are arranged and that over 20 million of those unions exist in the world today, a surprising fact given that we almost never hear about arranged marriages unless were discussing their famously low divorce rates.

Are arranged marriages legal in the US?

United States Definition The U.S. State Department recognizes forced marriage as a marriage without the consent of at least one party. In the United States, forced marriage is considered to be a human rights violation and in some cases, a form of child abuse.

When did arranged marriages stop in the US?

1950 The Marriage Law of 1950 outlawed arranged marriages, enabled women to divorce their husbands, and made it illegal for men to have multiple wives.