Overview and Legals

Fee:

When you sign the ' Notice of Intended Marriage ' (NOIM) with me a $100.00 booking fee is payable, this will confirm the NOIM is lodged and the date is confirmed (booked). This amount is deducted from the total cost of the wedding fee of $450.00. In the event of a cancellation, the booking fee is not refundable. Payment may be made by cash, cheque, direct deposit or by Paypal (see links page). I will provide you with the payment details.

Legal Requirements

You both must be over the age of 18 years. Your 'Notice of Intended Marriage' (NOIM) available from the link on the "NOIM page and must be lodged with the Celebrant between a maximum of 18 months and a minimum of 1 month 1 day (in other words minimum time: no less than a calendar month) prior to the date of your marriage.

Witnesses:law requires that two persons shall be appointed by the Bride and Groom as the legal witnesses to the marriage, who by law must be 18 years or over. The full names of the witnesses are required.
Proof of Birth:A person born in Australia is required by law to produce to the Marriage Celebrant before the marriage date, a Birth Certificate. If born outside of Australia a passport is acceptable in lieu of a Birth Certificate, or a Commonwealth Statutory Declaration (click here) will be required.
Other Documents:Where there has been severance of a previous marriage, evidence is required to be produced of divorce documents ie Decree Absolute or certificate of divorce (divorce papers from the Court) or a Death Certificate if a previous spouse is deceased.
Return of Documents:The Marriage Celebrant will immediately return all documents to the clients once details of such documents are recorded.

The reason for seeking a shortening of time for notice must fall within one of the categories before an application can be considered. There is no capacity to grant shortening of time outside these circumstances. Shortening of time is not automatic. When making a decision the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages (BDM) or prescribed authority will weigh up the information provided in support of the application and may seek additional information as outlined in the regulations.

Overseas / Interstate couples;

Please see information contained in the link to "Overseas and Interstate couples".

Meetings:

At least two meetings should be held:

At the first meeting the required documents will be shown to the Celebrant and the NOIM lodged and booking fee paid. I will also discuss with you the designing of your Wedding Ceremony and any other matters that you would like to clarify with me. After that, I will keep in touch with you by phone and email. In other words, I will be with you all the way on this beautiful journey leading up to your Wedding Day.

A second meeting is arranged nearer the wedding date in order to finalise the details of the wedding ceremony. We will rehearse your wedding ceremony, (it is preferred that the rehearsal is conducted at the same time of day that the ceremony is scheduled) at which time the balance of the fee is paid.

PA system:

I will also supply a reliable PA system, so that the wedding ceremony can be heard clearly by all, with a DJ background I can also assist you with music selection.

Photo DVD Slideshow:

I will also offer you a DVD slideshow set to music of the photo's that will be taken by us of your ceremony free of charge (please allow at least three weeks for this to be sent to you).