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Forms and Certificates
A Notice of Intended Marriage must be given no earlier than 18 months and no later than one month before your wedding (unless exceptional circumstances apply). This Notice should be filled out and signed during the initial meeting with your celebrant. I provide the required copy(a) of the Notice of Intended Marriage with as many details filled out beforehand as possible.
Also during this initial meeting, the bride and groom should each fill out a Declaration by Party to Proposed Marriage. I provide this form.(b)
The couple will also receive from me the Form 14A brochure entitled Happily Ever Before and After, which outlines the obligations and consequences of marriage and stating the availability of marriage education and counselling (available in a good variety of languages). I am committed to helping couples bring the joy of their marriage ceremony into the rest of their lives.
After the vows have been spoken during the marriage ceremony, the bride, groom, two witnesses and I (as your Marriage Celebrant) must sign three copies of your marriage certificate. The first - the Certificate of Marriage (Form 15) - will be given to you. The second - Official Certificate of Marriage (Form 16) - will be sent by me to the Registrar. The third - also an Official Certificate of Marriage (Form 16) - must be retained by me.
Your Certificate of Marriage will be beautifully printed in calligraphy lettering, a lasting record of this wonderful moment in your lives.
As well as all the legally required documentation, my clients receive my specially designed booklet, Guide to “I Do” Inspirations, a resources booklet that offers sample vows, ceremony ideas, ideas about poetry and prose readings, a basic traditional ceremony script, and some information about me that can help you make the most of my services.
(a) If you would like me to print all the required
details for the Notice of Intended Marriage before we meet, so that I can simply
sight and check the required documentation with you and then ask both of you
to sign your names where needed, please fill in the Notice
of Intended Marriage checklist form. This will save you time and ensure
accuracy and neatness!
Please also note that if one of the parties (bride or groom) can't sign the Notice
of Intended Marriage at the time notice is being given of the intended marraige, the other
party (bride or groom) may sign it and give it to me. However, the party who hasn't signed
the Notice at that time must sign it in my presence or in the presence of another authorised
celebrant before the marriage can be solemnised.
(b) The Declaration by Party to Proposed Marriage is not an ordinary statutory declaration. It is on the reverse side of the Official Certificate of Marriage. All Certificates of Marriage can only be obtained by authorised celebrants.
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