Ok

Advantages: cheap, fast, easy to plan, recognized by law

Disadvantages: can't think of any

On a lighter note: Op doesn't sound excited at all. Its like " abeg hurry make we kukuma get this thing done with"

So after eating numerous people's rice n stew, chiken n souce , recieving all manners of gift in d process n probably catching countless bouquet, u wano do 15? Like 15?
Only both families wud be more than that!


It is well

I don't know where you are tho buy if it happens that you are in Lagos. I attended a wedding like that at ikoyi registry there's a small restaurant there that you can rent even 5hours is too much u can do everything under 2 or 3hrs max.

Court marriage is a statutory marriage. Refreshments is not part of it. It can be a private affair

ariesbull:



all u need is witness but your parents must consent

Please stop giving wrong information. i married over 10 years ago there was no parent consent, unless the law has changed. What is required on the marriage registry form is the details about the couple's parents- name,age,address, occupation etc.
Marriage is expected to be between 2 consenting adults not babies why presence or consent of parents.

Registry is not church, nikai or customary marriage which require family involvement. All you need at the registry is just 2 witnesses , therefore only 4 people could be at the wedding.

At OP,

I like your style. After the wedding comes the marriage: the daily life. Far more important.
Court marriage is probably better. You get your legal documents. Better when processing documents like visa and such. The world is shrinking.

If in a big city, do the registry bit and go to a cheaper part of town for a small reception. Like a nice restaurant.
Done and dusted. 5 hours is too much sef.

By the way common law and customary law marriages are legal too. When dowry and or other local custom has been followed and both families have agreed, it is valid.

The family court will consider such marriages as valid. Only that one party can claim that the marriage did not take place properly since no legal documents to prove it.

Why

Branzy:
if you are a billionaire or intending billionaire don't do court wedding

Pls somebody help me my wife left me with 3 kids 2 boys & a girl dey a between 5yrs 8yrs & 12yrs de girl she is de last .she left with de support her mother all effort 2 bring her back prove abortive my pastor my elders hav try all 2 kwn avail .it is 3 yrs and some months nw so i need a wife dat can take care of my kids so pls advice me because am afraid of ladys because of de picture on my head thnx

Ezionye:
Advantages: cheap, fast, easy to plan, recognized by law

Disadvantages: can't think of any

On a lighter note: Op doesn't sound excited at all. Its like " abeg hurry make we kukuma get this thing done with"

Tot i was d only one that noticed....
Maybe she is well advanced in age n dont want no publicity Stunts.

Why do i feel they wud deprive us of Our most cherished Pre Wedding Shots?

i also feel we might not see any pixs from d Trad n even d court.

Howeva it is, MAy God perfect all that concerns them

If a wife packed out of a court marriage without giving the husband a divorce and you can't find her and her parent said they don't know are whereabout can the husband re marry what is the implication and if the husband find out dat the wife has re marry what is the implication

cricifixo:
Very very possible, any mature individual can stand for you as witness. But still parents blessings are important

ok. But who will collect her bride price and is it like i will just drop any amount as bride price? Will there be need for me to get other lists as demanded by her tradition?

Lastly the traditional marriage, since nobody wants her to be with you, will u guys still perform traditional marriage ceremony?

arabaribiti:
If a wife packed out of a court marriage without giving the husband a divorce and you can't find her and her parent said they don't know are whereabout can the husband re marry what is the implication and if the husband find out dat the wife has re marry what is the implication

Marriage without dissolution of the first marriage is an offense - bigamy. Let the man approach the court to dissolve even in the absence of the woman. The law allows such dissolution after certain no of months.

Why not do mmm and have a wonderful and unforgettable wedding

UrennaNkoli:
We are thinking of going for a court marriage (registry). Please tell me the advantages and disadvantages from the male and female point of view.
Also, can I achieve these things listed below with a court wedding?

# I don't like too much crowd and noise which are common with owanbe's

# Can a little reception be allowed to hold in the court premises without prohibition?

# low Kew wedding in which after the ceremony, everyone goes back to their respective homes

# At most 15 or less number of guests. I don't want too much crowd and paparazzi

# A budget of 150k probably for snacks, cake, food and drinks.

# Time : I don't think it should take more than 5 hours and all will be over.

I brought this to the family section as I believe there are more mature minds here compared to the romance section.
Lalasticlala and farano can help move to front page so that perspectives can be broadened.

why?

omololu2020:
i can never do a court wedding

byvan03:


Number 2 is false ,you need witnesses and not parents.

You are wrong sir Witness is for local government marriage registry not court marriage

We kill, cleanup and deliver on request

erimmy:
My regret is that I didn't have the idea of doing the court marriage and an indoor trado.I went the whole hog of the tripartite arrangement. Henceforth ,I'll advise couples to do only the trado and the registry. It's OK that way

Babes no go gree, they will want Bella naija to publicise their wedding

@op, even the 150k is too much.

You probably are not going to buy more than 2-packs of canned malt drink... Go marina, count buns at cheap price, you can mix it with small cakes. 3packs of bottled water... If you like you pay for bigger cake to take pictures with...

With this you are done.

Go home and have enough sex and fun...

UrennaNkoli:
We are thinking of going for a court marriage (registry). Please tell me the advantages and disadvantages from the male and female point of view.
Also, can I achieve these things listed below with a court wedding?

# I don't like too much crowd and noise which are common with owanbe's

# Can a little reception be allowed to hold in the court premises without prohibition?

# low Kew wedding in which after the ceremony, everyone goes back to their respective homes

# At most 15 or less number of guests. I don't want too much crowd and paparazzi

# A budget of 150k probably for snacks, cake, food and drinks.

# Time : I don't think it should take more than 5 hours and all will be over.

I brought this to the family section as I believe there are more mature minds here compared to the romance section.
Lalasticlala and farano can help move to front page so that perspectives can be broadened.

# Stop saying Court marriage as no one is going to court here
#you only need one witness each any other person is a guest
#the compulsory money you need to spend is that to pay for the registry and the photographer any other money is pocket specific
#You only need time to exchange vows and sign the register plus perform the ceremony of exchanging rings, any other time spent is up to you.
#Reception in court premises ,Again No one is going to court, you are going to you local government council registry.Some might have venues for reception which they might charge you separate or inclusive of the initial cost to marry there.
#HAPPY WEDDING

fados4sure:

You are wrong sir
Witness is for local government marriage registry not court marriage

Define court marriage plz.Who goes to court to get married?

I had my two months ago
you only need a witness, anyone can be your witness.
concerning refreshments.. i bought a fanciful nylon, ordered for 3O snacks from a fastfood and drinks with chocolates... i arranged it and shared it immediately after the wedding and everyone went home from there

friedcorn:
ok. But who will collect her bride price and is it like i will just drop any amount as bride price? Will there be need for me to get other lists as demanded by her tradition?

Lastly the traditional marriage, since nobody wants her to be with you, will u guys still perform traditional marriage ceremony?

Traditional marriage is up to both of you, teh only Marriage recognized by a state is the one you both sign a register in front of a registrar in a LGA Registry.

People should say what they know and stop musleading or discouraging others.
So long as you are 18years and above, no parental consent is required. All that's required is two witnesses, one for yourself and one for your wife to be whom can be anybody including your friend. And as many other witnesses who will not sign as your budget can carry. Two passports each of you are required to publish your intention to be married, after 21 days and noone come around to give reason why both of you should not be married as husband and wife which few of the ground it can affect the union is if one party is still legally married as of the time of the of contracting the new one or having an undisclosed health challenge which the Petitioner thinks might affect the other party etc

The price is for Court Registry Marriage is between 10-30k depending on the Court Registry. As for your 20 guests, if you take them to a fast food joint for reception after the brief marital vow where a plate of food is #2500, 50k will take care of that. It must be on a working day Monday - Friday. Saturday and Sunday are out of it.

Legally both party are protected equally, but upon separation or divorce, property are to be shared according to each others contributions to itself emergence. Even when one party did not, a consideration is given to him/her for providing the peaceful atmosphere or psychology for its emergence. This is only applicable if one party appeal for them. Some might say they are not interested in most cases depending on what leads to the divorce. And the ground for divorce include - adultery, threat to life, undisclosed serious health challenge etc which are also probable ground for divorce in a church wedding.

Most Church issued Married Certificate is not acceptable in most Embassies unlike Registry Certificate that's acceptable everywhere.

The choice is yours. The most important thing is to study your wife character and attitude well and make sure she is a good person. If your wife is the type whose only interest is your property church wedding /traditional wedding might be a better option.

fados4sure:

You are wrong sir
Witness is for local government marriage registry not court marriage

I am confused about the difference between local government registry and court weddings. Is it not the same thing? I want the legal experts to clarify this.
Please get your facts right before we end up miss informing people. I got married over a decade ago in a church but got a local government registry certificate not even the church certificate because we registered the marriage at the LGA and the certificate was released to the Pastor and we signed it during the wedding.
My wife and I have used this certificate to travel round the world and for our permanent residency in another country. 2 of my family members got their EU papers with LGA marriage certificates. There was no need for parental consent when we filled the forms.
I have legal consultations before my wedding and there was nothing like court wedding but LGA registry wedding. I have never met anyone who had court wedding. I know court only dissolves marriage after irreconciable differences between the couple but not to wed.

following this thread bumper to bumper.






Team 2017.

UrennaNkoli:

Thanks a lot. Can you talk about the law from the husband and wife point of view. I know some but tell me more.

I've never been your fan for the support you gave to buhari during the election but with this your write up i pray God give me a matured girl like you.


I love low key stuff but I've been meeting the wrong ladies.


I wish you a HML in advance

Janedera:
I had my two months ago
you only need a witness, anyone can be your witness.
concerning refreshments.. i bought a fanciful nylon, ordered for 3O snacks from a fastfood and drinks with chocolates... i arranged it and shared it immediately after the wedding and everyone went home from there

Thats it, most people here are just saying waht they dont know and the sad thing is they ave never attended one or done one.

teetee123:


I am confused about the difference between local government registry and court weddings. Is it not the same thing? I want the legal experts to clarify this.

Its same thing, that person is confused, or their phone is on predictive text.

fados4sure:

You are wrong sir
Witness is for local government marriage registry not court marriage

Did you wed in court ?

gfullmoon:
People should say what they know and stop musleading or discouraging others.
So long as you are 18years and above, no parental consent is required. All that's required is two witnesses, one for yourself and one for your wife to be whom can be anybody including your friend. And as many other witnesses who will not sign as your budget can carry. Two passports each of you are required to publish your intention to be married, after 21 days and noone come around to give reason why both of you should not be married as husband and wife which few of the ground it can affect the union is if one party is still legally married as of the time of the of contracting the new one or having an undisclosed health challenge which the Petitioner thinks might affect the other party etc

The price is for Court Registry Marriage is between 10-30k depending on the Court Registry. As for your 20 guests, if you take them to a fast food joint for reception after the brief marital vow where a plate of food is #2500, 50k will take care of that. It must be on a working day Monday - Friday. Saturday and Sunday are out of it.

Legally both party are protected equally, but upon separation or divorce, property are to be shared according to each others contributions to itself emergence. Even when one party did not, a consideration is given to him/her for providing the peaceful atmosphere or psychology for its emergence. This is only applicable if one party appeal for them. Some might say they are not interested in most cases depending on what leads to the divorce. And the ground for divorce include - adultery, threat to life, undisclosed serious health challenge etc which are also probable ground for divorce in a church wedding.

Most Church issued Married Certificate is not acceptable in most Embassies unlike Registry Certificate that's acceptable everywhere.

The choice is yours. The most important thing is to study your wife character and attitude well and make sure she is a good person. If your wife is the type whose only interest is your property church wedding /traditional wedding might be a better option.

Everything you said is right however two are wrong
#The registry are opened on Saturday as a matter of fact majority of them Do Saturdays
#church certificate is not Legally binding anywhere the laws of marriage are enforced.

byvan03:



Did you wed in court ?

Good question ask am again plz