Fancy a Night Time Wedding?
Posted on 12 February 2011
Wow! Now, there isn’t often any major news regarding laws and weddings that is likely to get the goth community taking much, if any, notice. However, the big news in the World of Weddings today is that night time weddings are to be allowed – I reckon that might at least raise the perfectly groomed, morticiaesque eyebrow of a few of you that read this page. Yes, as reported today by the BBC, night time weddings will be able to take place in the furture under plans outlined by the government. The changes allowing marriages to take place 24 hours a day in England and Wales are part of the Protection of Freedoms Bill and they will also apply to civil partnerships. Currently couples can only get married between 8am and 6pm under rules dating back to the Marriage Act of... Read more...
Getting Married in Northern Ireland
Posted on 12 April 2010
In Northern Ireland, preliminaries may vary according to the method of solemnisation. The basics are: minimum age is 16, for both parties, but parental consent must be given for people under 18. the parties must arrange for two witnesses to be present at the marriage to sign the marriage register. Documentation required: if birth certificates of the people getting married are available it is helpful to the Registrar if they can be produced when the notice of marriage is given. if either party is from abroad an official travel identity document for that person should be produced. parties who have been previously married should produce documentation or evidence of the death of the former spouse, or the dissolution or annulment of the marriage. If getting married at the Registrar’s... Read more...
Getting Married in Scotland
Posted on 12 April 2010
Current Laws prior residence in Scotland is not a pre-requisite to marriage minimum age is sixteen the marriage would be regarded as valid in any foreign country to which either party belongs There are 2 types of wedding ceremony: A civil marriage – which is performed by a Registrar, and can only be performed in a registry office, and A religious ceremony – which is performed by a minister. Theoretically, these can take place anywhere, either in or outdoors, however it should be pointed out that different churches and individual ministers have their own views on marrying couples who are from outside of their parish, and performing ceremonies in locations other than their church. The only way to find out where the church or minister stand is to ask. Before a couple can... Read more...
Getting Married in England and Wales
Posted on 12 April 2010
Unless you are marrying in the Church of England or Church of Wales by Banns or Common Licence, notice of marriage has to be given personally to your local superintendent registrar at the Register Office in the district where you both live. A notice of marriage states the names of the parties to the marriage, age, marital status, occupation, nationality and the intended venue for the wedding. Both of you must have lived in a registration district in England or Wales for at least seven days immediately before giving notice. If you both live in the same district, you should both attend your local register office together to give notices of marriage. If you live in different registration districts then each of you will need to give notice separately in your respective district. After giving... Read more...
We Just Got Engaged!! Erm, What Do We Do Now?
Posted on 12 April 2010
Right then, congratulations are in order so it seems. Well done, you’ve got the scary bit out of the way and now have butterflies in you stomachs. So? Where do you begin? What date? What venue? Can we really have Auntie Jean and Stella in the same room after last Christmas? Well first things first, heh? We’ll leave family spats out of it for now; things will be governed in the short term by the rules and regulations of our Motherland, the UK. The next three articles form a small series outlining the laws that rule where and when you can get married, within England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. They concentrate of non-religious ceremonies. Articles covering religious ceremonies may follow at a later date. The majority of the information in the articles... Read more...
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