Marriage celebrants of all levels of experience can benefit from a refresher on the basic legal requirements of creating a legal marriage in Australia and a reminder of our obligations in creating such marriages. This topic is designed to work through the process of creating a legal marriage in Australia from start to finish, focusing on the bare minimum requirements from lodging the NOIM to registering the marriage and everything in between, and including a deep dive into completing the legal forms.

Included:

  • 2 hours, 23 minutes of videos
  • 3 hours, 15 minutes of text / 50 page booklet
  • 3 document templates (Form 15, stat dec re date and place of birth, email to confirm notice)
  • Overview:
    • Introduction
    • Validity of the marriage
    • Documentation to be provided and sighted
    • Names used on marriage forms
    • Notice of Intended Marriage (deep dive into completion and correction of errors)
    • The definition of one month
    • Happily Ever Before and After
    • Relationship education
    • Declaration of No Legal Impediment to Marriage (deep dive into completion and correction of errors)
    • The marriage ceremony (witnesses, Monitum, vows)
    • Marriage certificates (deep dive into completion and correction of errors – OCMs, Form 15, Record of Use)
    • Send documents to BDM to register the marriage
    • Marriage forms summary

In purchasing this professional development subject you are purchasing access to the course for the lifetime of the Celebrant Institute offering it, so you can revisit it at any time. High speed internet and headphones are recommended.