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ATLANTA (Reuters) - A pregnant 37-year-old Georgia woman who eloped with a 15-year-old boy was in jail on charges of child molestation, authorities in the southern state said on Tuesday.

Lisa Lynnette Clark was arrested last week in Hall County, Georgia a day after a judge married her and the unidentified teenager. Clark was being jailed in Gainesville, about 50 miles northeast of Atlanta.

Clark and the teen had a sexual relationship, perhaps for as long as two years, according to the Hall County Sheriff’s Department, which is investigating the case. Clark’s marriage to the boy does not protect her from prosecution, police said.

Under Georgia law, teenagers may marry as long as they are at least 16 and have the permission of a parent or guardian. Those restrictions are waived, however, when a female applicant is pregnant.

In a statement, the judge who issued the marriage license said she had complied with state law.

There are so many things wrong with this, where does one start?

First, this woman has apparently been having sex with this boy since he was 13. Eww.

Second, it’s ok to bypass teenage marriage restrictions as long as the woman is knocked up? Perfect. But in Georgia (at least as of 2002, I’m too busy/lazy to look up new information now) it was illegal to have sex outside of marriage. And the age of consent is 16. So you can break a couple laws in order to bypass another.

I hope they throw the book at this woman. As long as they aim for her head, and not her pregnant belly.