Did you know only fathers' names were included in marriage certificates in parts of the UK?
Until now that is ... A new legal change has come into force meaning marriage certificates in England and Wales will now include the names of both parents of the couple getting hitched, instead of only that of the father or stepfather of each of the parties.
The government previously resisted the change on cost grounds, but this is now part of the introduction of a new digital system to modernise, simplify and speed up the process by which marriages are registered, helping to tackle a backlog.
The Home Office say the reforms were “the biggest changes to the marriage registration system since 1837” and would “correct a historic anomaly” by allowing for the mothers’ details to appear on the marriage entry for the first time.
...The Guardian
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