I can't help you till tonight, but I'll call my mom after work (she's in meetings all day). She is a JP, marries people, and was a paralegal and legal secretary for 30+ years. She MAY no.
On 6/15/06, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yea, it sounds funny, but here's the story: > > My wife and I got married in St. Lucia back in '04, we got the marriage > license and all that crap while we were on the island, got married by an > "official" (don't know what they call them there, JP, whatever). > > My father-in-law called my wife yesterday, and got her all worried that > since she didn't get married in the states, she isn't really married. > Says that the marriage isn't recognized here. He got this hair across > his ass after hearing about some woman who got married in the Bahamas, > but had to go to a JP to have the marriage recognized here. Anyone ever > heard of this? She Googled for an hour last night and didn't find any > answers. > > I told her not to worry about it, and it's actually a bonus in case > things didn't work, we had an "out". She didn't think it was as funny > as I did. =) > -- > ~~~ Ray Champagne :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:209424 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54