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Original poster

Where is my marriage certificate?

29 replies

BeyondAvoidant · 30/09/2019 13:51

Oh wise mners, I have the appt coming up to register for my wedding, yet can only find my passport and decree absolute - my old marriage cert is nowhere to be found 😩

Any ideas...?

OP posts:

instaglum · 30/09/2019 13:52

I had to send mine back for my divorce. Had to order a copy.

Bobthefishermanswife · 30/09/2019 13:53

In a shoe box under your bed titled "stuff I don't need but should keep"

GeorgieTheGorgeousGoat · 30/09/2019 13:54

Just order a new one

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MrsCharlesBrandon · 30/09/2019 13:55

Do you absolutely have to have it? We only needed my husband's decree absolute when we wen't for our appointment.

I have to admit that was over 15 years ago now though!

A copy should be easy enough to get hold of.

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BeyondAvoidant · 30/09/2019 14:01

I don't want to get a copy as I know the original is definitely here somewhere

Apparently I need it as I double-barrelled my name since my passport was issued, though the correct name is on my DA?

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poppym12 · 30/09/2019 14:04

Pretty sure my solicitor had mine off me when I filed for divorce.
All we needed for our recent marriage was the decree absolutes.

DMCWelshcakes · 30/09/2019 14:17

In a random bag of crap down by the side of your bed.

(That's where mine was anyway!)

LooksBetterWithAFilter · 30/09/2019 14:19

Same places as mine if you find it pop it back to me. I am also refusing to order a new one but I’m going to have to. Have no bloody clue where mine has gone and I need it for a couple of things.

JaneJeffer · 30/09/2019 14:21

It's in a box with that pile of stuff you said you would sort out next week back in February.

qualityheat · 30/09/2019 14:22

It's in a document wallet / folder thing in your kitchen.

Rachelover60 · 30/09/2019 14:24

I recently ordered a copy of mine as couldn't find the original. It doesn't cost much nor take long to arrive.

AdaColeman · 30/09/2019 14:24

I had to return mine in exchange for my decree absolute.

Original poster

BeyondAvoidant · 30/09/2019 14:52

I got it back after the DA though, didn't I? Or have I not noticed for all this time?

I've checked most places as I already had to find my lost passport. I'm actually usually pretty organised!

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OlderthenYoungerNow · 30/09/2019 14:59

On top of the fridge?
In the letter holder?
In the draw where you keep emergency birthday cards?
In a folder with degree certificates and the like?
In a side pocket of a holdall or bag in the wardrobe?

Just some places I've found random stuff before!

MidnightMystery · 30/09/2019 15:13

Shoved in an envelope in a box in the wardrobe

TheSilveryPussycat · 30/09/2019 15:16

I had to give mine to the solicitor when I got divorced, quite early in the process, and it was not returned.

stillbeingwatched · 30/09/2019 15:19

It's with the other thing you needed that time to prove your identity : home address : full name etc etc
In an old handbag in a brown envelope

SamBeckett · 30/09/2019 15:42

When i needed mine ( after DH death) I couldn't find the bugger anywhere so I got a couple of new ones, sent then off to he various bodies the needed them and put the last spare in a desk draw . When I shut the draw something got stuck so the draw wouldn't close properly , I fished around a bit and guess what was stopping it from closing . I was so cross I burst into tears

Floralnomad · 30/09/2019 15:46

When I needed adult ds birth certificate it was in an enevelope at the bottom of my bra drawer . My marriage certificate is in an envelope in the front of my wedding album which is in a box in dhs wardrobe .

Littlebelina · 30/09/2019 15:49

Ours was with the dc's birth certificate (think we had to take it when we registered dd birth)

Willowkins · 30/09/2019 15:50

I kept mine with my O Level certificates for ages. Any chance it's with other important papers?

Aroundtheworldin80moves · 30/09/2019 15:51

I washed mine. They don't survive a wash cycle in the Washing machine.

petrocellihouse · 30/09/2019 15:54

Check it’s not in the printer. If you’ve had to photocopy/scan it at any point it might still be there on the glass bit!

hotchocdrinker · 30/09/2019 17:20

Echoing what others have said above, I had to give mine to the solicitor when I filed for divorce. You don't get it back. I had to provide a marriage certificate for something after I divorced, so applied for a copy online. It arrived in about a week from what I can remember.

feliciabirthgiver · 30/09/2019 17:45

Definitely didn't get mine back after divorce, just double checked my document folder now. Just had to produce decree absolute for registering new marriage.

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