Rule 10.14 Evidence of marriage outside England and Wales

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

rules 10.24-10.25 added by Family Proceedings 1993 rule 6
rule 10.14 heading words inserted by Family Proceedings 2005 rule 110(a)
rule 10.14(1A) inserted by Family Proceedings 2005 rule 110(b)
rule 10.14(2) words inserted by Family Proceedings 2005 rule 110(c)
rule 10.14(3) words inserted by Family Proceedings 2005 rule 110(d)
rules 2.71-2.77 revoked by Family Proceedings 1999 rule 19
rules 3.1-3.20 (Pt.III) am. (references to any of rules 2.52-2.70 shatl be read as references to those rules as they were before these rules came into force) by Family Proceedings 1999 rule 20
rules 3.21-3.23 added by Family Proceedings 1993 rule 4
rules 2.71-2.77 added by Family Proceedings 1997 rule 4
rule 2.45A-2.45B inserted by Family Proceedings 2003 rule 3

(1)

The celebration of a marriage outside England and Wales and its validity under the law of the country where it was celebrated may, in any family proceedings in which the existence and validity of the marriage is not disputed, be proved by the evidence of one of the parties to the marriage and the production of a document purporting to be—

(a)

a marriage certificate or similar document issued under the law in force in that country; or

(b)

a certified copy of an entry in a register of marriages kept under the law in force in that country.

(2)

Where a document produced by virtue of paragraph (1) is not in English it shall, unless otherwise directed, be accompanied by a translation certified by a notary public or authenticated by affidavit.

(3)

This rule shall not be construed as precluding the proof of marriage in accordance with the Evidence (Foreign, Dominion and Colonial Documents) Act 1933^f1 or in any other manner authorised apart from this rule.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1933 c. 4.