Marriage is a serious institute and should not be taken lightly in real life and in RP. Therefore, there are some guidelines which are being enforced for marriages on INH. Most of these are common sense, but sometimes we need reminders as imperfect human beings.

Both regular and arranged marriages must be registered.

THE RULES

1. Characters cannot get married or have a child unless they are of legal age.

- Legal age in the HP world is 17 therefore any marriage ordained by magical means is binding and legal at 17.

2.  Marriage by muggle means is not binding unless the characters are 18+ as the legal age is different in the muggle world.

3. Characters MUST register their marriage in this thread by filling out the code provided.

4. Characters MUST remain married for a minimum of 1 IC year before they can file for a divorce. The ONLY exception to this rule is if the member/character yours is married to has gone inactive and/or left the site (their account has been unsorted)

5. Arranged marriage contracts by parents of characters under 17 remain binding until the character comes of age. EX: If Tia Monroe is arranged to be married to Deaglan O'Connaill, the two remain engaged until they turn 17. Only once the characters have reached legal age can an arranged marriage be ended. Please consider arranged marriages between underaged characters carefully. The only exception to this rule is if one of the characters goes inactive/is unsorted.

6. Arranged marriage contracts involving adults can be ended after 6 IC months if both parties are agreeable to ending the arrangement.

7. When registering, one member fills out the first part of the code. The second member fills out the second code. You will not be added to the registry until both parties have filled out their parts.

REGISTERY FORM PARTY 1:

[b][u]MARRIAGE REGISTRY[/u][/b]

[b]Spouse 1[/b]: character's name
[b]Username[/b]: do not tag or your registry will not be accepted
[b]Age[/b]: for arranged marriages only
[b]Date of 17th Birthday:[/b] dd/mm/year (for arranged marriages only)

[b]Spouse 2[/b]: character's name
[b]Username[/b]: do not tag or your registry will not be accepted
[b]Age[/b]: for arranged marriages only
[b]Date of 17th Birthday:[/b] dd/mm/year (for arranged marriages only)

[b]Date of Marriage[/b]: leave blank if arranged
[b]Tag the other party[/b]: tag

CONSENT FORM PARTY 2:

[b][u]MARRIAGE REGISTRY[/u][/b]

I, [b]name of member goes here[/b], consent to the arrangement/marriage of [b]name of character[/b] and [b]name of character[/b].

Pick which statement applies:
I understand that this marriage is binding for 1 IC year or if one member becomes inactive.

I understand that this arrangement is binding until [b]name of character[/b] and [b]name of character[/b] turn 17 or if one member becomes inactive.

I understand that this arrangement is binding for 6 IC months or if one member becomes inactive.

REGISTERED MARRIAGES