Legal Requirements for Marriage Ceremonies

I will attend to all legal documentation required prior to, during and after your marriage. 

In compliance with the Marriage Act 1961:

• All couples married in Australia must be at least eighteen years of age unless the following circumstances apply: one of the party is at least eighteen years of age and the person under eighteen years of age has obtained parents' authorization and an order of a judge or magistrate.
• You will need to complete and lodge the Notice of Intended Marriage (NOIM) form with me not less than one month and one day, and not more than eighteen months, prior to your wedding.  Click here to download the Notice of Intended Marriage (NOIM)
• You will need to sign declarations stating that you are not aware of any legal impediment to the marriage.
• You must produce original birth certificates or original authorised extracts.
• If you were born outside Australia and do not have a birth certificate, you must produce a passport showing the date and place of your birth.
• If you were previously married, you must produce original divorce decree absolute, certificate of death or certificate of nullity.
• During the ceremony legal documents must be witnessed by two people, both of whom are over eighteen years of age.