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Article 37

Des Actes de Mariage

Marriage Law
Titre III: Des Actes de l'État civil (On Civil Status Records)
Chapitre III: Des Actes de Mariage (On Marriage Records)

Le mariage ne peut être valablement célébré, que dans la paroisse où l'un des deux époux a son domicile. Ce domicile, quant au mariage, s'acquiert par six mois de résidence continuée dans la même paroisse.

Life lesson: Marriage is rooted in a place — in the community that knows you. Six months of living somewhere is the price of belonging there.
Notes: Domicile requirement for valid marriage: must be celebrated in one spouse's parish. Six-month residency establishes marriage domicile — preventing hasty or clandestine marriages in unfamiliar jurisdictions.
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