How quickly can you get married in scotland

Who can get married

In the United Kingdom, opposite sex couples can marry in a civil or religious ceremony.

Same sex couples can marry in a civil ceremony, but can only get married in a religious ceremony if the religious organisation has agreed to marry same sex couples.

Same sex couples cannot marry in the Church of England or the Church in Wales.

Same sex couples who marry abroad under foreign law are recognised as being married in England and Wales.

All couples can marry if they're both aged 18 or over and are free to marry, that is, if they're single, widowed or divorced, or if they were in a civil partnership which has been dissolved.

If you're under 18 years old

You can't legally get married in England or Wales.

Before 27 February 2023, you could get married when you were 16 or 17.

You needed to have the consent of each parent with parental responsibility and any legal guardian. You can check who has parental responsibility on GOV.UK.

You might not have been able to get the consent of your parents, perhaps because you don'

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