A Texas couple has gotten a marriage licence to wed despite the fact that they have never been married.
A Texas judge ruled in the case of Laura and Jonathan Gomez, who were married in 2005, that they should have a marriage certificate filed.
Laura Gomez, 24, and Jonathan, 27, were denied the licence because they have not lived together for at least six months, the judge ruled.
They had already been together for five years.
The couple’s lawyer told ABC News that they wanted to be married because it would have made them feel like they had a family.
“We are married, but we haven’t had a relationship,” Jonathan Gomez told ABC affiliate KVUE in Texas.
“I don’t know if we would want to have children or if we wanted to have grandchildren.
We have to take care of our families and we need to take a break.”
Laura Gomez and Jonathan have been living together for four years.
“Our lives are very much intertwined,” Jonathan told ABC.
The couple was granted a marriage and civil partnership licence on Thursday. “
It’s very, very important for me and my wife that I be a good person, that I care about them.”
The couple was granted a marriage and civil partnership licence on Thursday.
The judge did not order that the couple file any paperwork with the courts.
A consanguinity certificate is required for marriages in Texas to be valid.
The state has one of the highest rates of consanguinaire marriage in the US, and has allowed many couples to marry without a marriage document, because of the lack of conscripted couples in the state.
The number of consul marriages in the country has increased from about 1,500 in 2012 to about 5,000 in 2017.
However, the number of marriages in consanguinese marriages is declining.
Consanguinity marriages are performed between two people who have never lived together, typically a husband and wife.
It’s the only type of marriage in which the two people are not related by blood.
A couple can get married with the consent of their biological parents.
The issue of consciucence marriage came to a head when two men were arrested in Texas last year for marrying while on the same day that their wife was pregnant with their first child.
Both men pleaded guilty to a felony for having sex while on their wedding day.
In addition, a Texas judge issued an order last week allowing the couple to marry.
“The couple’s life has been intertwined and the marriage has brought their life together, so it’s a very important step in their relationship,” David Mancuso, the prosecutor for the case, told ABC, according to KVTX.
