Civil marriage - any way to shorten 3 mth notice?

timmythesheep

Is there any way to shorten the 3.month notice period? I would like to get married in next 2 maths, not fussed about date or time, but this doesn't seem to be possible from what I have read. We are both born & are living in Ireland.

fits

Nope! Dont think so. Gretna green be an option?

Addle

It is possible, but you have to have a good enough reason to bring an application to court.

Addle

See section 1.5
https://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Getting_Married.aspx

January

Belfast... two weeks notice.

timmythesheep

Thanks everyone!

timmythesheep

update... called the circuit court today... have my date to get the exemption. Called the registrar - have a date for the initial apt and the 'wedding' - all within 4 weeks. I was amazed... was expecting lots of red tape and back and forth.

Sala

timmythesheep wrote: »

update... called the circuit court today... have my date to get the exemption. Called the registrar - have a date for the initial apt and the 'wedding' - all within 4 weeks. I was amazed... was expecting lots of red tape and back and forth.

It would be great if you could post here if you get it, would be useful to others wanting to do them same ting. Good luck!!

Neyite

timmythesheep wrote: »

update... called the circuit court today... have my date to get the exemption. Called the registrar - have a date for the initial apt and the 'wedding' - all within 4 weeks. I was amazed... was expecting lots of red tape and back and forth.

Did you have to give one of the exemption reasons listed?

timmythesheep

Neyite wrote: »

Did you have to give one of the exemption reasons listed?

The court registrar didn't ask for a reason over the phone, but I am sure we will have to give the judge a reason.

Peregrinus

Under the legislation, to get a dispensation from the 3 months' notice requirement, you need to show that the dispensation is "justified by serious reasons". Because the process for getting dispensations is so informal, there are few or no published judgments which show what reasons the courts tend to accept as "serious". But, yes, you will have to give a reason for short notice, and the reason will have to be one which the judge accepts is "serious".

Because there is so little information on what the practice here is, you will be doing everyone a favour if, after your application, you post your reason and whether the court accepted it.

CaliforniaDream

It's been five years but I went to a judge and he didn't ask for a reason. Literally spent two minutes with him.
Think he asked what date we wanted to get married and where maybe and signed off on it.
He never found out our reason for short notice.

Also we didn't have to pay the €200 fee either. Not sure if that's still the case but getting a time exemption also save you money.

timetogo

I got married in a registry office in Armagh on a Saturday. 2 weeks notice and very nice. There was a lot less queuing than in the Dublin office.