Hello! My German fiancee and I planned to get married in my home state of Kansas. We'd like a German minister to officiate. Where can I find out if this is legal or not?
You will want to check with officials in your hometown about "who can marry whom." And from a broad perspective, a minister or officiant must be authorized and/or registered in a respective State in order to perform a wedding ceremony in that State. Annemarie Juhlian, Wedding Officiant & Minister
A web search got this answer for the state of Kansas. I would just double check with the Clerk of the Probate Court in your county to make sure this is accurate. But it sounds like you can have the German minister. Best wishes and God bless.
The following are authorized to be officiating persons: Any currently ordained clergyman or religious authority of any religious denomination or society; any licentiate of a denominational body or an appointee of any bishop serving as the regular clergyman of any church of the denomination to which the licentiate or appointee belongs, if not restrained from so doing by the discipline of that church or denomination; any judge or justice of a court of record; any municipal judge of a city of this state; and any retired judge or justice of a court of record.
The two parties themselves, by mutual declarations that they take each other as husband and wife, in accordance with the customs, rules and regulations of any religious society, denomination or sect to which either of the parties belong, may be married without an authorized officiating person.
Any ordained clergyman of any religious denomination or society might perform marriages. Ministers are required to file credentials or ordination with the judge of a probate court before performing marriages. Minister must return the marriage license and a certificate of marriage to the probate judge who issued the marriage license within 10 days after the marriage. For questions see the clerk of the probate court.
Deacon Bob Tousey
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