14. Marriage licences have increased to $100.00. Marriage commissioners set their own fees for services. I charge $100.00 base fee within a 50 miles radius of Elgin Manitoba. This rate includes my travel, a copy of the ceremony the couple have chose, music if they wish and the ceremony. I also include the use of my ceremony library for no extra fees. Anyone can rent the library and I will accept a reasonable donation for its use. If anyone would like me to travel over the distance, I have set out then we can negotiate on the amount. The basic fee will be $100.00 plus other items, such as a place to sleep, perhaps meals and an amount for my services.
15. Couples often renew their vows on an anniversary. Some couples reaffirm their vows after going through hard times and others just to reaffirm what they had originally said to each other. A ceremony can be chosen to reaffirm the bows after an elopement has taken place, or a second wedding. This way family and friends get to hear what you have promised each other and a chance for everyone to celebrate your wedding or reaffirmation. Plan your ceremony any way you wish, there are no specific rules to host a renewal. The event can be large of small, inside or outside.
16. You must have at least two credible witnesses as they will have to affix their names as witnesses to the Marriage Registration form. These witnesses can be from age 16 and over as the witnesses need not be of legal age.
17. If there is a rehearsal then there will be an extra fee, depending on circumstances.
18. I will not marry a couple if they have had anything to drink, please keep that in mind at all times on the day of the wedding before the ceremony.
19. If an interpreter is to be used at the ceremony, a notation must be made on the Registration of Marriage. The notation must state: Translated into the language which is the language understood” and the interpreter must sign the notation.
20. If the wedding is cancelled after contracting for me to perform the ceremony, then the basic fee of $100.00 still stands, but all other fees are dropped.
21. One last thing, if a common –law couple has registered their relationship with the Vital Statistics Agency neither party can be married or be a party to another common – law relationship that is currently registered in Manitoba that has not been dissolved. A certificate of dissolution of the relationship is needed if the couple parts and wants to marry.
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