Temple Form for Family Sealing

A recently baptized family in our ward is preparing to go to the temple to be sealed. What form(s) need to be filled out for this, and what is the general process that needs to be followed?

milleju wrote:A recently baptized family in our ward is preparing to go to the temple to be sealed. What form(s) need to be filled out for this, and what is the general process that needs to be followed?

They should contact the temple. They will let them know what they need to do and bring.

The bishop should issue a recommend for living ordinances to each parent. It will be marked for endowment, sealing to spouse, and sealing of children.
The bishop will issue Limited Use recommends to each child age 8 and above, so they may be sealed to their parents.
The stake president will need to interview everyone who has received one of the above recommends, and sign the recommends.
Procedures are in Handbook 1. Also read the fine print instructions on the recommends.

drepouille wrote:The bishop should issue a recommend for living ordinances to each parent. It will be marked for endowment, sealing to spouse, and sealing of children.
The bishop will issue Limited Use recommends to each child age 8 and above, so they may be sealed to their parents.
The stake president will need to interview everyone who has received one of the above recommends, and sign the recommends.
Procedures are in Handbook 1. Also read the fine print instructions on the recommends.

Thank you. This was my assumption but we (me and Bishop's counselors) couldn't find anything on the recommend that had an option to select sealing of children. Guess we need to look a little harder.

milleju wrote:

drepouille wrote:The bishop should issue a recommend for living ordinances to each parent. It will be marked for endowment, sealing to spouse, and sealing of children.
The bishop will issue Limited Use recommends to each child age 8 and above, so they may be sealed to their parents.
The stake president will need to interview everyone who has received one of the above recommends, and sign the recommends.
Procedures are in Handbook 1. Also read the fine print instructions on the recommends.

Thank you. This was my assumption but we (me and Bishop's counselors) couldn't find anything on the recommend that had an option to select sealing of children. Guess we need to look a little harder.

There is no special mark for the sealing of children. You don't need a special recommend for that, just a normal recommend. The recommend for endowment and sealing to spouse is also good for sealing of children but if the children were to be sealed at a different time, they couple wouldn't need to get special recommends for it.

As drepouille indicated, the children 8 and above do need a limited use recommend.

But the couple should contact the temple as well to make the appointment. They may need to bring some other information as well. It's been a few years but when we sealed our adopted children we had to also bring a family group sheet and adoption documents. The temple will let them know of any other paperwork or documents they need to bring.

eblood66 wrote:But the couple should contact the temple as well to make the appointment. They may need to bring some other information as well.

It's not just a good idea, it's in Handbook 1:3.2.1.

The parents of the children are not active members, The grandparents want to have the grandchildren sealed to them. What would the grandparents have to do to accomplish this.

Read handbook 1. I think the grandparents would have to become the legal parents.

kim.ellis wrote:The parents of the children are not active members, The grandparents want to have the grandchildren sealed to them. What would the grandparents have to do to accomplish this.

The Church doesn't perform sealings of living children to anyone other than the legal parents or guardians. In order for this to happen, they would need to be legally adopted.

My wife and I are going to be sealed soon. My oldest daughter will be sealed with us/. Will her children are grandchildren be sealed to her.

pvizza1963 wrote:My wife and I are going to be sealed soon. My oldest daughter will be sealed with us/. Will her children are grandchildren be sealed to her.

Not automatically. You'd need to discuss the details with your bishop.

pvizza1963 wrote:My wife and I are going to be sealed soon. My oldest daughter will be sealed with us/. Will her children are grandchildren be sealed to her.

She and her husband would need to go through the same process for their children (your grandchildren) as you have done to be sealed to her. She and her husband would be sealed first, and then their children sealed to them.

If everything is in order and properly in place, it can happen at the same time if you wish, or soon afterward.

Any number to contact the temple for booking an apointment for sealing

nancyvaenuku wrote: Mon Nov 13, 2023 3:54 am Any number to contact the temple for booking an apointment for sealing

For a living ordinance, go to https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/temples and find your temple in the Temple List. There should be a phone number on the home page for that temple.