Puerto Rico is a favorite destination for honeymooners. Many couples also choose to celebrate their weddings in Puerto Rico. It's fun, it's exotic and it's simple. These pages will provide you with all the information you may need if you are thinking of celebrating your wedding in Puerto Rico.
Seashore weddings are quite popular. Many of Puerto Rico's hotels and resorts are located at or near a beach. Most of them will work with you to plan your indoor or outdoor, on-the-beach wedding. A "plan b" is always advisable when planning outdoor activities (it does rain, at times!).
Getting married in Puerto Rico does not have unusual complications.
Each partner needs a medical
certificate signed by a physician licensed to practice medicine in Puerto Rico. The certificate must be in the form issued for that purpose by the Puerto Rico Department of Health, and must includes the results of VDRL blood tests. Other documents required include a valid birth
certificate, valid identifications, signing of a marriage certificate and payment of a fee. Females 14 to 17, and males 16 or 17 years old, must have the consent of their parents or legal guardians to marry. In the case of an underage female who is certified to be pregnant, she may marry without the consent of her parents or guardians.
Marriages may be performed by a judge in his chambers or elsewhere at a fee, usually $100 to $200, or
in open court at no fee. Marriages may also be performed by any clergyman
authorized to perform marriage ceremonies in Puerto Rico.
If applicable, divorce must be finalized in the state or country where it was granted. A divorced person must provide a certified copy of his or her final divorce decree, and a person whose former spouse has died must provide a certified copy of death certificate with raised seal prior to a marriage to a marriage license being granted.
To obtain the wedding license documents, visit the Central Offices of Registro Demográfico at: Calle Quisqueya # 171
Hato Rey PR 00917 or at the Demographic Registration office nearest to your residence.
Statistics say that about fifty percent of marriages in Puerto Rico
will end in divorce. The figure seems very high in comparison to
most countries of Spanish and Catholic backgrounds.
Pre-nuptial agreements are legal when certain requirements are met.
Consult your attorney.
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