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Marriage licenses now available in NH for gays
October 8, 2009
CONCORD, N.H. --Gay couples can now apply for marriage licenses in New Hampshire -- though the unions can't be performed until Jan. 1 when the state's law legalizing the unions takes effect.
Stephen Wurtz, acting director of the state division of vital records, said Wednesday that the licenses cost $45 and are good for 90 days. Wurtz said couples who have already entered into civil unions can either get a marriage license for a new ceremony or -- at no cost -- convert the civil union to a marriage after the first of the year. Couples wishing to convert civil unions must apply at the clerk's office where the union was recorded.
If couples in civil unions do nothing, their unions will automatically be converted to marriages on Jan. 1, 2011.
October 8, 2009
CONCORD, N.H. --Gay couples can now apply for marriage licenses in New Hampshire -- though the unions can't be performed until Jan. 1 when the state's law legalizing the unions takes effect.
Stephen Wurtz, acting director of the state division of vital records, said Wednesday that the licenses cost $45 and are good for 90 days. Wurtz said couples who have already entered into civil unions can either get a marriage license for a new ceremony or -- at no cost -- convert the civil union to a marriage after the first of the year. Couples wishing to convert civil unions must apply at the clerk's office where the union was recorded.
If couples in civil unions do nothing, their unions will automatically be converted to marriages on Jan. 1, 2011.