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adding a marriage

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russell208
New Member
#1
I need to 'add a marriage' to a sister who recently married however, do I need to see or verify her obvious divorce and now the new marriage before changing her name in the system?
thanks,
Bro. Clark
russellhltn
Community Administrator
#2
russell208 wrote:I need to 'add a marriage' to a sister who recently married however, do I need to see or verify her obvious divorce and now the new marriage before changing her name in the system?
To start with, I'd verify with her what her name is. She might not have changed it.

I don't think you need to verify the divorce, particularly if she remarried (I'm assuming there's laws in your area against getting married while still married). But General Handbook 33.6.22 does say "If official documents are available, a bishop may want to review them to verify the accuracy of a requested correction."

I'd interpret that as "go ask the bishop" to see how he wants to handle it.
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