Full question:
I am an ordained minister with a national denomination in California. I have a couple who wants me to perform their wedding in Orlando, Florida. Is there any special permission I need?
- Category: Marriage
- Date:
- State: California
Answer:
In Florida, all regularly ordained ministers of the gospel, elders in communion with a church, and other ordained clergy can solemnize marriages. This includes judicial officers, retired judicial officers, clerks of the circuit courts, and notaries public in the state. As an ordained minister from another state, you should be able to perform the wedding without special permission, as long as you comply with Florida's regulations (Fla. Stat. § 741.07).
Additionally, marriages solemnized by clergy members are valid, even if performed under different rites, such as those practiced by Quakers or Friends.
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