Require pre-marriage personal rights advice before religious marriage ceremonies — 24 signatures. Status: open.
Mandate people having a religious marriage ceremony without legal recognition to receive pre-marriage safeguarding and personal legal rights advice covering legal marital status, financial, housing & inheritance rights, ways to access domestic abuse support, and written consent to their marriage.
People can enter religious-only marriages where the religious ceremony is only performed, without understanding that they may not have the same legal protections as spouses with a civil marriage. This can leave people vulnerable following abuse, separation or bereavement. We want a mandatory pre-marriage process for people which informs them of their legal status, financial and housing rights, inheritance, how to access domestic abuse support, and to provide written consent to their marriage so they can make informed decisions before entering a religious-only marriage.
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