paper work

janbaby

I'm all organised about the fun stuff for the wedding but I'm drawing a blank on the legal paper work! I've arranged the church and rang the local registry office. When do I need to get baptism and confirmation certs and all that kind stuff and what legal paper's do I need to fill in?

Heineken Helen

You need to make an appointment with the registrar and they give you a list of all the things you need to bring. Then, for the priest, you need your baptism certs, confirmation certs (although I forgot mine and he didn't say anything), the paperwork the registrar gives you, letters of freedom if you're getting married in a different parish. I think that was about it... but each priest might be different so just ask your priest exactly what you need to bring and that will make it all clearer.

BC

There are two sides of the legalities - the state side and the church side.

For the church bit you need to fill out a pre nuptual enquiry form with a priest of the parish where you currently live. The form is here:http://www.gettingmarried.ie/pages/index.php?nd=17
In order to fill it out you'll need, baptism cert, confirmation cert & letters of freedom for every parish you've lived in since you were 16. All need to be dated within 6 months of the date of the wedding. You will probably have to do a pre marriage course too but talk to the priest about all the details cos they tend to all have slightly different requirements.

On the state side, you need to give the state notice of your intention to marry. This is done in person at the registrars appointment. Again, the registrars in each county have slightly different requirements but usually you need passports, date and place of wedding, name of priest performing ceremony and birth certs. They'll give you a list of what you need when you make the appointment. Just give yourself loads of time as they can be booked up.

oide10

A little off thread but still re:baptismal cert and marriage. I am adopted. I am getting married this summer, I just went to the priest today to get my certs (baptism and confirmation), no record of me being baptised there. My mother says I was but the priest reckons she may have confused it with a blessing. She nor he have any record of my baptism.

So I must have been (hopefully) baptised at the adoption agency run by nuns (whose name my elderly mother can't remember!)
Panicked now! I will be ringing the HSE Adoption agency (who have been on lunch since half 12) to find out what route I go down now.

What if I can't get my hands on the cert, it's probably all red tape (as adoption is involved) and could take weeks or months that I don't have!) Will I still be allowed a church wedding?

If anyone knows, please help and put me out of my misery.

BC

This happened to my brother. he's not adopted but when he went to get his baptismal cert he was told he wasn't baptised. My mam remembered the date and the name of the priest who did it and eventually they admitted that its possible their records were not properly updated and he was baptised so they did a cert for him. They did say that if he wasn't baptised, then he would have to get baptised (as an adult). So you can still get married in the church you just may have to do that.