If my parents information on my marriage license is incorrect do we have to correct the information for our marriage to be valid?
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If my parents information on my marriage license is incorrect do we have to correct the information for our marriage to be valid?
I accidentally mixed up my dad’s first
name and middle name and the street
number of my parents address is
incorrect
Asked on August 10, 2018 under Family Law, North Carolina
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
Minor clerical/administrative mistakes will not invalidate a marriage. Typographical errors happen all the time and will not give rise to the respective spouse's capacity to legally marry.
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
No, the law will not invalidate a marriage for what amounts to minor "typographic" errors: that is, errors that have nothing to do with your or your spouse's identity, or your or your spouses ability to get married (e.g. that you are over the proper age, were not currently married to anyone else, were not mentally incompetent), or with your free choice or consent to get married. The errors you describe have nothing to do with the validity of your marriage.
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