Court order

cacio

I'm just wondering does anyone know much about who to contact in relation to getting a court order for a marriage?

There's 12 days in the difference between giving my notice and the day I want to get married. I need to go to the courts to get an exemption from the 3 months. I've looked on the courts.ie website but don't know anything about it so not sure what area to look in. I've no idea when they have their sittings.

Has anyone done this or know who/what section I need to contact?

Thanks

DDigital

Your best bet is to go into your local district court and speak to the staff in the office. They'll know for sure.

Jellyjelly

Hi

Did you try ringing the office and explaining that you have a date and would they have a cancellation to fit you in they are very helpful (Dublin office 01 8638200 that's assuming that you are in Dublin)

If you are gone within the three months you need to contact the Family Law Office in Smithfield on 01 8886810, they sit on a Wednesday both you and your partner will need to attend with photo ID. They are in summer recess at the moment.

Hope that helps

J

tatli_lokma

AFAIK you need some pretty good reasons why you can't adhere to the 3 mth notice period. I don't think that a preference of date will wash - they may come back and just say that you should have served notice earlier. I suppose it will come down to the decision of the judge on the day, but I think you should be prepared for the worst - I was under the impression that the 3 mths was only waived in cases such as pregnancy, illness, exceptional family circumstances etc.
best of luck with it anyway.

Jellyjelly

Hi

The courts rarely refuse an exemption if any thing they give them out a little to freely. I don't think you will have a problem, just drop them a line tomorrow the courts and the marriage office on the numbers I gave you.

J

Cincikchick

Cincikchick wrote: »

AFAIK you need some pretty good reasons why you can't adhere to the 3 mth notice period. I don't think that a preference of date will wash - they may come back and just say that you should have served notice earlier. I suppose it will come down to the decision of the judge on the day, but I think you should be prepared for the worst - I was under the impression that the 3 mths was only waived in cases such as pregnancy, illness, exceptional family circumstances etc.
best of luck with it anyway.

No you don't need any particularly good reasons at all, the family court will want to see you and just want to know why they weren't notified in time, they basically just suss out that you are a genuine couple etc, no big deal, I did it myself because my application was a day late!!!

cacio

Thanks for the replies. They were helpful.

It was as last minute decision to do this so we didn't have a lot of choice in the notice. My boyfriend wants the big wedding and I want a small one. So we decided to have both. I really want to have mine on the date I picked as we are going on holidays to Florida straight after and I always said I wanted to go to Disneyworld as part of my honeymoon. Since we have the holiday booked it seemed perfect.

I did ring the registry office in advance but they couldn't get me an appointment to get the MRF in time. The appointment is 12 days over the time limit even though I rang before that. Not really anyone's fault and since I'm only looking for an extra week I hope the judge will be lenient.

Jellyjelly

Hey Cacio, when are you planning on getting married? PM me if you don't want to advertise your date

J

cacio

Hopefully 5th Nov.

Whoopsadaisydoodles - what did you say to the courts as to why you were late? I'm afraid they won't see my reason as good enough. Does it count that you tried to contact the reg office but couldn't get an appointment in time?

Jellyjelly

Hey, don't be afraid to ring them they are really helpful 01 8886810 family courts, just tell them the truth and that you are getting married on the 5th of November. Then ring Joyce House 01 8638200 look for the marriage section (this is not the registry office) they take appointments there too. You will have to attend with your partner, it would help if you had the exemption before you go for that appointment, if you dont it just means you will have to go twice to the office in order to get the Marriage Registration Form (MRF)

You'll be fine just ring them and get your dates set up

J

cacio

Thanks. I've rang the courts in Galway.
There's no one there at the moment so I have to wait until they come back. Don't know how long that'll take.

Hopefully it'll go well. Thanks for the reassurance!

I just said we booked our wedding in December (got married in May) and left the license bit til the last minute. They didn't really ask much, although it's a few years now so don't remember exactly. Just remember being in an out in a matter of minutes.