No your not married. It has to be signed by the person who preforms the ceremony(JP, minister, ect. ) and witnesses and both of you. Then if I'm not mistaken it has to be filed.
That's correct. This is what happened to my neighbor's son - his minister never filed the papers so he was actually never legally married. Really sucked for him when his wife kicked him out. :-\IzzyLucyWillie said:No your not married. It has to be signed by the person who preforms the ceremony(JP, minister, ect. ) and witnesses and both of you. Then if I'm not mistaken it has to be filed.
Melissa said:That's correct. This is what happened to my neighbor's son - his minister never filed the papers so he was actually never legally married. Really sucked for him when his wife kicked him out. :-\IzzyLucyWillie said:No your not married. It has to be signed by the person who preforms the ceremony(JP, minister, ect. ) and witnesses and both of you. Then if I'm not mistaken it has to be filed.
Is there no way of doing a "delayed registration"? I used to work for the Ontario office that registeres marriages once they are filed and it isn't unusual for the officiant to forget, misplace or the papers get "lost in the mail" WE have ahad a few where the officiant wasn't legally able to preform the ceremony and took off after, but with sufficient proof the marriage can be registered. In a situation like this they would have to do this and then file for divorce or he may technically still be married when he goes to marry another person.Melissa said:That's correct. This is what happened to my neighbor's son - his minister never filed the papers so he was actually never legally married. Really sucked for him when his wife kicked him out. :-\IzzyLucyWillie said:No your not married. It has to be signed by the person who preforms the ceremony(JP, minister, ect. ) and witnesses and both of you. Then if I'm not mistaken it has to be filed.