In the state of California, a man and a woman are taking it to court over the same marriage certificate.
The court has ruled the document is invalid, but the woman, who is not the legal parent of the children, is pursuing a legal battle over the birth certificate of the child they were supposedly married to.
The couple says they have no legal rights over the document.
But what is a marriage certificate anyway?
The Australian Marriage Law Dictionary says a marriage is a legal union between a man, a woman and a child, and that children born in the marriage can be called parents.
But does the marriage actually start and end in marriage?
Marriage is defined in the Marriage Act, which was created in 1901, as “a legal contract between a person and a third person or person to whom he is legally entitled, with whom he has a contract of marriage or civil partnership”.
The Act defines marriage as “an agreement between two people who are legally married by their agreement to live together in a conjugal relationship, to have children, and to form a civil partnership.”
What is a “marriage certificate”?
A marriage certificate is an official document issued by a state or territory’s department of government to prove that a person is legally married.
But a certificate may not be used as evidence in court.
It is a formal document that is issued to prove the identity of the parties, and can be used in divorce proceedings and marriage registries.
The person who signed the document may not have any legal relationship to the other party.
What does the Marriage Certificate do?
The document does not actually document the marriage itself.
Rather, it is a record of the legal relationship between two parties who agree to live in a marriage and to have a child together.
What is the “natural person” test?
This is a way of defining who is in the legal role of parent.
If a person or entity is the natural person of a child born in a relationship between the two parties, that person or agency is deemed the legal parents.
The same goes for the person who is the legal guardian of the person or property being considered as a parent.
What are the requirements for a child to be born as a “natural parent”?
The requirements are that the child must be: the legal legal parent or legal guardian; and the person the child was born to.
If the child has been declared legally a natural parent or legally a legal guardian, then the person can be the parent.
In the case of a “legitimate” relationship, it will usually be that the person was a parent for the child.
What happens if there is a dispute?
If there is an argument about the status of a legal parent, the person claiming the child’s right to be a parent can file a claim for an order to be recognised as a legal person, or for the court to order that the parent be recognised.
However, if the person filing the claim is unable to make an order, the court may make a “substitute order” that the court “finds to be reasonable and necessary” for the benefit of the “child”.
The “substantiated claim” may include the person’s name, date of birth, and social security number.
However there is no legal requirement for the name of the parent or guardian to be attached to the “substantial claim”.
How is a certificate used?
Certificates are used in several circumstances, but usually only if the parent is a known person or the child is under 18.
If two people are legally together and the two are living together as a couple, then it’s possible that the marriage is valid.
However in some cases, the child may not yet be legally recognised as the legal owner of the documents.
What if a court issues a “false” certificate?
If a child is born out of wedlock and the child wants to have the documents recognised as legal, then there may be a “defective” certificate issued to the person and their spouse.
However the court will usually make a determination whether a “true” certificate is necessary to get a person recognised as their legal parent.
For example, if a person has no legal relationship with the child, but they were legally married to the child at the time of birth and are living as a married couple, the courts will generally issue a “valid” certificate.
If it turns out the child does not meet the requirements to be the legal person of the document, then they may have to pay a “child support levy” of up to $50,000 per child to get the documents recognised.
If someone files a claim, the government can intervene to force the certificate to be declared invalid, or a court can order it to be invalid.
But the process can take years, and is expensive.
How do you prove the validity of a marriage?
There are three ways to prove a marriage. First,
