Apr 07 2009
Covenant Marriage License: What is it?
What exactly is a covenant marriage license?
Designed to reduce the rate of divorce, a covenant marriage license has certain guidelines that a couple must agree to and follow in order to be able to get their marriage license and get married. So far 17 states have introduced legislation to have some kind of covenant marriage agreement for couples wishing to get married. None of these states require a covenant marriage license to be able to get married, but they are using tactics to try and encourage couples to choose the covenant marriage over the standard marriage license. One of the ways states are trying to encourage couples, is by making the covenant marriage license less expensive than the normal marriage license.
Will this type of marriage license catch on? So far; it doesn’t seem to be, even though 17 states have enacted legislation for this, the number of couples opting to have a covenant marriage is still extremely low.
