What is the process after the ceremony?

At the conclusion of your wedding ceremony, you will be legally married.

There is nothing for you to sign after the ceremony, all the forms to be signed are completed at the Town or City Clerk's office.

Following the instructions from the Town or City Clerk's office, your officiant completes the officiant portion of the marriage license.

The officiant portion of the license is completed with a black ink pen, by the officiant signing the license, and typing or writing in the location of the ceremony, date of the ceremony, and the officiant's name and address.

The officiant then returns the license to the appropriate Town or City Clerk's office.

YOUR FINAL AND OFFICIAL MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE WILL COME FROM THE TOWN / CITY CLERK WHERE YOU INITIALLY OBTAINED YOUR LICENSE.

Your final marriage certificate is your initial name change documentation, for use with all of the government entities and private companies that you will encounter in your future together.

You may be interested in a Massachusetts Health Care Proxy form.

David Barrett, Esq.
Massachusetts Justice of the Peace
David@BarrettLawOffices.com
Toll Free - 1-877-473-7852
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