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Have you decided where you are going to get married and what kind of ceremony you would like?
There are all sorts of places you can get married in these days. Of course there is the traditional church wedding and the register office wedding but now you can go abroad or hold your wedding in a castle, a stately home or by the sea with the waves around you.
There are also civil partnerships as well.
There are rules and regulations which must be followed regardless of the place you choose.
Firstly are you free to marry, if this is not your first wedding has your previous marriage been dissolved.
A civil marriage ceremony can take place in any register office in England or Wales, or at any place that has been approved to hold a civil marriage. These include stately homes, hotels, certain buildings and even restaurants.
Within England and Wales, the ceremony must tale place between the hours of 8am and 6pm, the only exceptions being for Jewish and Quaker ceremonies. Within Scotland, no such time-of-day restrictions are in place.
Who must be present?
In order to make the marriage legally binding, it must be attended by two witnesses, although it is perfectly possible to have more than 2 signing. The witnesses should be personally known to the Bride and/or Groom, but couples are more than welcome to use witnesses off the street - people that they have never met before! There are no laws concerning the age of marriage witnesses, other than that they need to be old enough to function properly as a witness.
But at the end of the day the most important thing is to have the wedding as you want it. Don’t let others influence your decisions and lastly ENJOY it.
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