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370 DAYS AGO | 5.17.2023
Learn about legislation in Wisconsin that would remove the 6 month mandatory waiting period between divorce and remarriage -- allowing couples to apply for t...
376 DAYS AGO | 5.11.2023
Learn about current efforts in Michigan to raise the minimum age requirement to marry: House Bill 4293 would eliminate exceptions for the marriage of minors,...
377 DAYS AGO | 5.10.2023
New Hampshire Governor Sununu signed 'The Marital Freedom Act' on May 4th, 2023, codifying protections for interracial marriage in the state. Learn about the...
391 DAYS AGO | 4.26.2023
Learn about legislative efforts in Rhode Island that would change the state's marriage license return period, and make it easier for a marriage officiant to ...
396 DAYS AGO | 4.21.2023
Will Minnesota lawmakers vote to allow notary publics to officiate weddings in the state? Learn about current legislation to add notaries and certain elected...
396 DAYS AGO | 4.21.2023
Beginning July 1, 2023, individuals must be at least 18 years old to marry in Vermont, with no exceptions. Gov. Phil Scott signed the 'Act to Ban Child Marri...
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406 DAYS AGO | 4.11.2023
Learn about Senate Bill 488, which would end recognition of common law marriage in Montana if signed into law. The measure was passed by the state Senate in ...
411 DAYS AGO | 4.6.2023
Learn about the recent changes to West Virginia's minimum age requirements for marriage, effective June 2023. Children under the age of 16 years old are no l...
411 DAYS AGO | 4.6.2023
Learn about legislation introduced in South Carolina that would add the gendered terms 'bride' and 'groom' to the state's 'license and certificate of marriag...
413 DAYS AGO | 4.4.2023
Proposed drag bans like the one in Tennessee impact LGBTQ+ weddings, ministers and wedding officiants, and the entire queer community. Drag performers belong...
419 DAYS AGO | 3.29.2023
Learn about Clela Rorex, the Boulder County Clerk who became a hero to the LGBTQ+ community and their allies when she issued a marriage license to a gay coup...
420 DAYS AGO | 3.28.2023
Learn how marriage licenses become public records in the city or county where you marry, why some couples want a private wedding, and how to keep your marria...
432 DAYS AGO | 3.16.2023
Israel’s Supreme Court has ruled that Israeli couples are allowed to marry using Utah County’s online marriage services, and that these civil marriages must ...
433 DAYS AGO | 3.15.2023
Learn how HB878 and 2019’s paused anti-online ordination law work together in an ongoing attack against marriage equality in Tennessee. These bills would all...
437 DAYS AGO | 3.11.2023
Town and City Clerks in New York will soon be able to issue a one-day marriage officiant permit to anyone wanting to perform a single wedding ceremony in the...
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