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(517) 316-1379 (Lansing, MI) My favorite part of my wedding ministry is being able to meet with couples who don't really know exactly what they want, and helping them design a ceremony that they and their guests LOVE.
(319) 509-0347 (Waukon, IA) We create (with your guidance) a ceremony that is crafted to your personality, your desires and the way you want to express your love to your partner and your guests.
(608) 335-3627 (Blue Mounds, WI) Please allow me the honor of serving as your spiritual coach, collaborator and confidante as we design a uniquely profound ceremony to honor and celebrate your marriage.
(608) 831-0993 (Madison WI) You daydreamed about your wedding your whole life: an intimate gathering or a grand celebration or something in between.
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(507) 643-6607 (Winona, MN) Wedding Ceremonies ~ Vow Renewals ~ Commitment Ceremonies. Non-denominational, Interfaith, Civil. SE Minnesota, NE Iowa and Western Wisconsin. Winona, MN.
(608) 301-5123 (Madison, WI) Wedding officiants From Green Bay all the way to Rockford. Male or females, over 7 years of experience. Weddings, vow renewals, baptisms, house blessings and more.
(414) 550-2466 (Milwaukee, WI) Ordained Non-denominational Minister offering personalized wedding, commitment, and handfasting ceremonies throughout Wisconsin.
(414) 425-2525 (MIlwaukee, WI) The celebration of love revealed in your ceremony makes it one of the most important events in your life. To entrust me with such an important event would be both humbling and, indeed, an honor
(262) 853-3099 (Thiensville, WI) Personalized ceremonies are my specialty; standard marriage services are available as well. Either quick & simple or embellished with traditions;pomp & circumstance, you end up with a 'ceremony done your way.
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(920) 803-5180 (Sheboygan, WI) Whether you would like to renew your vows, create a customized ceremony or commit yourselves to each other with a commitment ceremony that reflects your personalities and beliefs.
(708) 710-3460 (Fair Lawn, NJ) We willingly celebrate outdoor weddings and are open to those having prior marriages. Many approach us because of our non-judgmental approach to weddings.
WISCONSIN STATE LAWS
2011 Wisconsin Code
Chapter 765. Marriage
765.14 Form of marriage document when solemnized by parties.
If the marriage is to be solemnized by the parties without an officiating person, as provided by s. 765.16 (3) the marriage document shall contain all those items and notations as required by s. 765.13.
765.14 – ANNOT.
History: 1977 c. 418; 1979 c. 32 ss. 48, 92 (2); Stats. 1979 s. 765.14; 1981 c. 20.
765.16 Marriage contract, how made; officiating person.
Marriage may be validly solemnized and contracted in this state only after a marriage license has been issued therefor, and only by the mutual declarations of the 2 parties to be joined in marriage that they take each other as husband and wife, made before an authorized officiating person and in the presence of at least 2 competent adult witnesses other than the officiating person. The following are authorized to be officiating persons:
765.16(1)
(1) Any ordained member of the clergy of any religious denomination or society who continues to be an ordained member of the clergy.
765.16(2)
(2) Any licentiate of a denominational body or an appointee of any bishop serving as the regular member of the clergy of any church of the denomination to which the member of the clergy belongs, if not restrained from so doing by the discipline of the church or denomination.
765.16(3)
(3) The 2 parties themselves, by mutual declarations that they take each other as husband and wife, in accordance with the customs, rules and regulations of any religious society, denomination or sect to which either of the parties may belong.
765.16(4)
(4) Any judge of a court of record or a reserve judge appointed under s. 753.075.
765.16(5)
(5) Any circuit court commissioner appointed under SCR 75.02 (1) or supplemental court commissioner appointed under s. 757.675 (1).
765.16(6)
(6) Any municipal court judge.
765.16 – ANNOT.
History: 1977 c. 323; 1979 c. 32 ss. 48, 92 (4); 1979 c. 176, 259; Stats. 1979 s. 765.16; 1981 c. 20 s. 2200; 1985 a. 29; 1991 a. 315; 1999 a. 85; 2001 a. 61.
765.17 Nonresident officiating person; sponsorship.
Any member of the clergy, licentiate or appointee named in s. 765.16 who is not a resident of this state may solemnize marriages in this state if he or she possesses at the time of the marriage a letter of sponsorship from a member of the clergy of the same religious denomination or society who has a church in this state under his or her ministry.
765.17 – ANNOT.
History: 1979 c. 32 ss. 48, 92 (2); 1979 c. 176; Stats. 1979 s. 765.17; 1981 c. 142; 1991 a. 315.
765.17 – ANNOT.
“Church under his or her ministry” discussed. 60 Atty. Gen. 92.
765.19 Delivery and filing of marriage document.
The marriage document, legibly and completely filled out with unfading black ink, shall be returned by the officiating person, or, in the case of a marriage ceremony performed without an officiating person, then by the parties to the marriage contract, or either of them, to the register of deeds of the county in which the marriage was performed within 3 days after the date of the marriage.
765.19 – ANNOT.
History: 1977 c. 418; 1979 c. 32 s. 48; 1979 c. 221, 355; Stats. 1979 s. 765.19; 1981 c. 20; 1983 a. 221.
765.22 Immaterial irregularities as to authority of person officiating.
No marriage hereafter contracted shall be void by reason of want of authority or jurisdiction in the officiating person solemnizing such marriage, if the marriage is in other respects lawful, and is consummated with the full belief on the part of the persons so married, or either of them, that they have been lawfully joined in marriage.
765.22 – ANNOT.
History: 1979 c. 32 s. 48; Stats. 1979 s. 765.22.
765.23 Immaterial irregularities otherwise.
No marriage hereafter contracted shall be void either by reason of the marriage license having been issued by a county clerk not having jurisdiction to issue the same; or by reason of any informality or irregularity of form in the application for the marriage license or in the marriage license itself, or the incompetency of the witnesses to such marriage; or because the marriage may have been solemnized in a county other than the county prescribed in s. 765.12, or more than 30 days after the date of the marriage license, if the marriage is in other respects lawful and is consummated with the full belief on the part of the persons so married, or either of them, that they have been lawfully joined in marriage. Where a marriage has been celebrated in one of the forms provided for in s. 765.16, and the parties thereto have immediately thereafter assumed the habit and repute of husband and wife, and having continued the same uninterruptedly thereafter for the period of one year, or until the death of either of them, it shall be deemed that a marriage license has been issued as required by ss. 765.05 to 765.24 and 767.803.
765.23 – ANNOT.
History: 1979 c. 32 ss. 48, 92 (2); Stats. 1979 s. 765.23; 1981 c. 20 s. 2200; 1981 c. 314 s. 146; 2005 a. 443 s. 265.
765.30
765.30 Penalties.
765.30(2)(c)
(c) Penalty for false solemnization of marriage. Any person, not being duly authorized by the laws of this state, who intentionally undertakes to solemnize a marriage in this state; or any person who intentionally participates in or in any way aids or abets any false or fictitious marriage.
765.30(3)
(3) The following shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500, or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both:
765.30(3)(a)
(a) Penalty for unlawful solemnization of marriage. Any officiating person who solemnizes a marriage unless the contracting parties have first obtained a proper marriage license as heretofore provided; or unless the parties to such marriage declare that they take each other as husband and wife; or without the presence of 2 competent adult witnesses; or solemnizes a marriage knowing of any legal impediment thereto; or solemnizes a marriage more than 30 days after the date of the marriage license; or falsely certifies to the date of a marriage solemnized by the officiating person; or solemnizes a marriage in a county other than the county prescribed in s. 765.12.
765.30(3)(b)
(b) Penalty for unlawful solemnization by parties. Where a marriage is solemnized without the presence of an officiating person if the parties to such marriage solemnize the same without the presence of 2 competent adult witnesses or more than 30 days after the date of the license; or falsely certify to the date of such marriage; or solemnize the same in a county other than the county prescribed in s. 765.12.
765.30(4)
(4) The following shall be fined not less than $10 nor more than $200, or imprisoned not more than 3 months, or both:
765.30(4)(a)
(a) Penalty for failure to file marriage certificate. Every officiating person, or persons marrying without the presence of an officiating person, as provided by s. 765.16 (3), who neglect or refuse to transmit the original marriage certificate, solemnized by the officiating person or the persons marrying, to the register of deeds of the county in which the marriage was performed within 3 days after the date of the marriage.
