Has anyone here used a Texas Informal Marriage Certificate to apply for JM citizenship/register their marriage with the consulate/commune?
For those of you who don’t know what informal marriage is, under the Texas Family Code, an informal marriage may be proved by evidence that: (1) a declaration of marriage has been signed; or (2) by showing that the parties agreed to be married and after the agreement they cohabited together, in Texas, as a married couple, and represented themselves to others, in Texas, to be married. (See Texas Family Code 2.401). Upon satisfaction of the second prong, the couple may file a declaration of marriage and list, as their date of marriage, the earliest date at which all requirements were concurrently satisfied. Of course, same-sex couples are now afforded the ability to enter into informal marriage.
After registering you are issued an Informal Marriage Certificate with all the rights and privileges as a regular certificate. The only difference is that the actual certificate has the word “informal” on it.