marriage license question

franksgirl323 Posted: Aug 14, 2006 04:27 PM

marriage license question

I posted this question on my original thread but I think its being missed.

FH and I got our license today....and I've of course been telling the world....

okay...question.....

why do you people keep saying to me 'you know you're legally married now'. Its not legal yet....it has to be signed and filed.....am i wrong?

CLMon7906 Posted: Aug 14, 2006 04:33 PM

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you're not at all legally married...your witnesses and officiant must sign it the day you exchange vows and he/she [officiant] then fills out some other parts to it and mails it back in...so no, you are NOT legally married.

kathrynlinton Posted: Aug 14, 2006 04:35 PM

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You are NOT legally married in New York with just the license. You need the ceremony, the license and the witnesses AND you must have it for a day before you get married.

People said the same thing to me and my attorney (I work in a law firm) said that in NY it is 'a ceremony and a license'.

October Bliss Posted: Aug 14, 2006 04:35 PM

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Posted by franksgirl323

why do you people keep saying to me 'you know you're legally married now'. Its not legal yet....it has to be signed and filed.....am i wrong?

Ummm, because they're stupid????

No, you're not wrong. New York has a requirement that you declare in the presence of at least one witness and a person specifically authorized to conduct a ceremony that you are becoming husband and wife. A marriage license alone doesn't do that.

2Be1 Posted: Aug 14, 2006 04:37 PM

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Maybe they mean it figuraltively . . . like its official, you can't back out now or something IDK

franksgirl323 Posted: Aug 14, 2006 06:28 PM

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thanks...i knew it was legally binding yet (not that im looking to get out of it or anything)....but so many people said it that it started to make me feel the need to mention it.

i got like about 8 or 9 comments like that....and that's in an office of only 18 people.....

jerks LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

thanks for proving my sanity ladies