I have a funny story. We recently tried to get our marriage certificate and found it was not there. The priest didn’t file the paperwork. Basically bottom line, we were not married–19 years of shacking up.
T here is I now know a legal process you can go through in probate court for a delayed certificate of marriage…basically you try to prove through affidavits; tax filings; church records; wedding photos …that you were married on that day and you get a retroactive certificate.
Cost me a few hundred bucks to file it…we discussed our options before filing..cheap divorce opportunity!
It was a very romantic court date.
My wife said I argued the case very passionately, but the judge was pretty easy to persuade
