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Is a certified marriage license required?

surajvinay 2 Nov 28
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It's helpful for some legal right. But if you still want the traditional ceremony I think a church will marry you without a license if you prefer or do it yourselves.

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A marriage license is a contract between two people witnessed by an officiant and up to two witnesses. That is here in California.
Required for what specifically? What are you asking?
I am an officiant here in California and have performed a wedding in Oregon.
For the most part, weddings are just window dressing for you to sign your license with an officiant, which is why judges can marry you with no ceremony, either. Also, don't be fooled by movies a ship's captain can't legally marry you once you leave the ship.

Dint know about the marine cases. Will look it up

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Oh... by all means. You know all my answers are just an experience. Protect yourself! Thats a non gender answer. Love is blind. You look at each other like you'll take a bullet for your other. Being blindsided kind of feels like you took that bullet. A marriage license gives both sides a legal equal balance of possessions. You can start over with one half or nothing. Dont fool yourself that your that so called soul mate. Another can always take that place. Thats why you should love ,honor, and respect. That keeps your marriage alive and kicking.

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For a legal union, yes. That has nothing to do with a church.

To show a formal commitment binding law and terms and conditions into it to keep away unwanted people.

Ok..you got me..lol.

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I would like to know how many people would actually get married if one partner did not pressure the other one into the marriage .

We decided that my wife needed to retire and move to louisiana. She had all kinds of bone and spine problems. I got tired of her crying if she didn't take her pain meds. work was stressfull. I kind of rescued her. its ok, I got her in Louisiana with me. It all worked out. I kind of pressured my second wife. That was dumb. I learned from it.

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In spite of not ever wanting to go into a church again, I'm good with the concept of marriage. As far as I'm concerned, it can be done by a judge or ship captain, it doesn't have to be by a priest. The idea of making a "forever" commitment has its advantages and making it legal and binding is fine with me. With rights come responsibilities (like not cheating on your partner).

I once read something interesting...that marriages should be more difficult to get and divorces should be easier. Their premise was to require people to live together for, like, a year before they can marry. But when you know it's over, don't make people go through madness and give 1/3rd of their money to lawyers to make it happen. I'm still not sure if I agree 100% with that, but I think it's good to ponder.

Me and my wife got married in houston by a judge. Her boss gave her to me. He was pissed. She was the project manager. She did most of the legal paperwork and notarized it for him. She was always in fear of her job because she managed the projects and had to keep a steady flow of things. She worked long hours , got stuck in houston traffic got home at 10 o'clock sometimes. Got up early to open the business. She paid her dues and made it as far as she was going to go. I wanted her to quit before she died from a heart attack. We don't always see eye to eye, but she's just what i needed. A head headed woman. Lol! I aint worried about a divorce. We're to old for that and it ain't a concern....

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Required by whom? It you want a legal contract between you, your spouse and the state, then yes. If you want a binding relationship, then absolutely not.

This kernel of wisdom came from a marriage counselor: marriage is a contract; love is a feeling; and relationships are work. I've found this to be a truism. Best of luck!

That sounds wise.
By whom.. The state. For all benefits. The elected representatives took the space left by religious beliefs to bestow union upon individuals that bind in order to hold good in case of issues.

Wow! That was beautiful. I love it..

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For what? What do you mean by "certified"?

cer·ti·fy
?s?rd??f?/
verb
past tense: certified; past participle: certified
attest or confirm in a formal statement.
"the profits for the year had been certified by the auditors"
synonyms: verify, guarantee, attest, validate, confirm, substantiate, endorse, vouch for, testify to; More
officially recognize (someone or something) as possessing certain qualifications or meeting certain standards.
"a certified scuba instructor"
synonyms: accredit, recognize, license, authorize, approve, warrant
"a certified hospital"
officially declare insane.

In spite of your sarcasm, you still did not answer my question. You used the phrase "certified marriage license." Certified by whom? For what purpose?

Ok... You got me. I believe a signed maraige license by a legal person. That's what i should of said

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