QUESTION
What do we need to do if we want to have a church wedding?
Asked on Mar 07th, 2017 on Estate Planning - California
More details to this question:
My fiancée and I are both US citizens .We would like to have a religious wedding ceremony in Mexico so we would consider ourselves married .But we would not have to sign a pre-nuptial as the marriage would not be recognized as a legal marriage in a state law.
1 ANSWER
You are never required to have a pre-nup and most couples never have one [not worthwhile unless one of you is bringing significant assets into a community property state]. States determine whether you are married by your having taken out and paid for a marriage license. A religious ceremony, whether American or not, does not make you married for civil authorities.
Answered on May 29th, 2017 at 7:56 AM