Registration of marriage during pregnancy: terms and documents, sample application

Legislation

The priorities of the family legislation of the Russian Federation are to strengthen the couple’s union and build partnerships based on love and respect. Chapter 3 of the IC is entirely devoted to the registration of family relationships:

in Art. the age of the future parents is indicated - from 18 years;
in paragraph 2 of Art. the possibility of marriage under special circumstances for persons over 18 years of age was noted;
Art. regulates that the presence of pregnancy is a specific reason for which the registry office has the right to register citizens earlier than 30 days after submitting the application.

On a note! Federal Law No. 143 also states that expecting a baby is a good reason to speed up registration.

Federal Law of November 15, 1997 No. 143-FZ “On Acts of Civil Status”

Article 11 of the Family Code of the Russian Federation “Procedure for marriage”

Article 13 of the Family Code of the Russian Federation “Marriage age”

Features of marriage registration during pregnancy

Girls and their young men who decide to register their marriage during pregnancy want the procedure to be completed quickly. In 2021, the marriage process is possible in a week, 3 days or on the day of application. To formalize the relationship, you will need to get a certificate from a gynecologist at the antenatal clinic or your attending physician.
Mothers who are in the ward of a medical institution do not need to travel anywhere at all. They may decide to have a formal outdoor ceremony. The exchange of rings is at the discretion of the future spouses, but documents must be signed.

Important! The state of pregnancy will not make it possible to register the marriage of the adoptive parent and the child, incompetent persons (court decision) or people who are already married.

How does registering a marriage during pregnancy differ from registering a regular marriage?

The table will help you understand the difference between registering a marriage with a “regular” and a pregnant bride.

Bride	Age	Time from date of application	Where will they sign it?
Not pregnant	From 18 years old	1 month	MARRIAGE REGISTRY
Pregnant	From 16 years old	By decision of the head of the registry office - on the day of filing the application	Civil registry office, at the place of residence of the bride/groom, in the hospital

On a note! In some regions, a wedding is allowed if the pregnant girl is 14 years old.

Registration deadlines

The general rules governing the creation of a family, namely paragraph 2 of Article 27 of the law, establish the period that must pass from the moment of filing the application to the day of registration: not less than a month.
However, there is a clause in Article 11 of the Family Code and Article 27 of Article 143 of the Law that the bride’s pregnancy provides grounds for shortening the waiting period for the wedding. The head of the local registry office decides how much to shorten the period, and his decision may be influenced by the condition of the bride. If, according to a doctor’s opinion, a woman may soon be admitted to a maternity hospital or hospital for safekeeping, the newlyweds may be registered even on the day of submitting the application. Only on condition that the application is signed personally by both the groom and the bride.

What does the Family Code say?

The RF IC says that during pregnancy and for other valid reasons, it is possible to hold a ceremony on the day of filing the application.
Future newlyweds apply to the registry office at the place of registration of one of them, where they write the document. Read also: How to use maternity capital to build a house

The date of the wedding is set by the head of the registry office depending on the situation. In practice, the registry office employee tends to listen to the wishes of the couple. The only condition for young people is to submit documents indicating the reason why they need to expedite registration. Most often this is a certificate from the antenatal clinic.

Advice! The refusal can be appealed in court by providing papers from the doctor and a written response from the employees of the civil registry office.

Required documents

The following documents are attached to the application to the registry office:

passports of the bride and groom;
divorce certificate (if it took place in another city);
marriage license for minors;
a certificate from the antenatal clinic about the bride’s condition (in order to speed up registration).

Important: permission for the wedding of minors is issued by the local administration by issuing a resolution of the mayor, head of the district or village administration.

In addition, their parents, guardians or guardianship council must give their consent to the marriage of minors.

In order to expedite registration, a doctor’s certificate must state that the state of pregnancy, or rather the duration or state of health, does not allow postponing registration, since the child may be born out of wedlock.

Procedure for registering marriage during pregnancy

To register your marriage with the child’s father, the pregnant bride and groom will need to do the following:

Submit the documents required for the wedding;
Pay the state fee for registration;
Visit the registry office;
Contact a civil registry office employee to submit an application - it is better to write it according to the sample established by the institution;
Receive a receipt for acceptance of papers.

The head of the authority makes a decision and sets the time for the ceremonial painting.

Features of marriage registration during pregnancy

40% of parents start living together after they learn about the baby's arrival.
“An interesting position” allows girls to give their child a full-fledged family. Marriage registration for expectant mothers does not differ from the standard procedure:

an application must be submitted 1 month before the event;
if desired, the newlyweds can bring the ceremony closer;
painting is carried out in a ceremonial and non-ceremonial format;
For girls who are under observation in the hospital, the registry office provides the service of an on-site marriage ceremony without a formal part.

Important! Brides who are very early in their pregnancy cannot legally qualify for an expedited wedding.

What documents are needed for marriage?

To expedite the marriage procedure, you will need the following documents:

internal passports of citizens of the Russian Federation;
a certificate confirming the presence of pregnancy and its duration;
receipt of payment of state duty;
application for marriage.

Advice! If the bride is in the hospital, it is better for the groom to submit not a general application, but two separate applications.

Certificate of pregnancy

To speed up registration, the bride submits a certificate of her condition. It is issued at the place of registration by both the attending physician and the employee of the medical institution. It is possible to go to a private clinic, but this has a number of nuances:

in both cases, an ultrasound is performed - it will be the basis for the doctor’s conclusion;
in a public hospital the procedure is free;
In a private antenatal clinic, an ultrasound scan costs 200-3000 rubles.

Sample pregnancy certificate

A certificate confirming the duration of pregnancy must contain:

name and details of the medical institution;
data of the expectant mother;
period of “interesting situation”;
date of issue of the document;
doctor’s details (full name, position);
recommendations for additional treatment (if locations outside the registry office are chosen for the celebration).

Important! If you only have a hospital card, you cannot sign early.

How to apply?

Citizens over 18 years of age can submit a couple's application for marriage registration if the bride is pregnant.
Persons over 16 (in some regions – over 14) years old require written parental permission. Future newlyweds bring documents in person; this cannot be done by proxy. Read also: How to pay for kindergarten with maternity capital?

Citizens of the Russian Federation have two ways to provide papers for registering family relationships.

Personally to the staff of the wedding palace

You are allowed to apply to any registry office without reference to your place of registration. The refusal is a violation of family law and can be appealed in court.

Without leaving home on the State Services website

The unified portal of public services allows you to submit an application online. This method has the following nuances:

you need to register yourself and your significant other as users of the gosuslugi.ru website;
It will not be possible to speed up the wedding - only the day is scheduled online for a month;
all data is entered into a special form and certified with an electronic signature;
Corrections for errors can be made within 24 hours.

Advice! If you are submitting an application in person, write it legibly and be sure to indicate what the bride’s surname will be in the future.

Deadlines for reviewing documents

The duration of consideration of documents is determined by the duration of pregnancy and the estimated date of birth according to the certificate. The registry office employee is supposed to register the couple 3-7 days after submitting the documents. This time is, by law, enough to check for errors, inaccuracies or omissions.

Marriage registration deadlines

The timing of registration of a marriage depends on the decision of the management of the wedding palace and the workload of the authority. A certificate from a state clinic or treating gynecologist can speed up the procedure to 1-3 days. This is only possible if all documents are available.

On a note! If a girl gives birth or the future spouse is on a business trip, marriage registration is carried out by notarization with one person.

Expedited marriage registration procedure

In Russia, a couple needs to wait a month after submitting an application to the registry office to register their relationship. But if a woman is carrying a child, then the waiting period can be reduced. To confirm the fact of pregnancy, a certificate from a medical institution should be added to the documentation attached to the application.

In this case, the law allows the registration procedure to be carried out immediately after submitting the application or within 30 days, at the request of the couple. Before the wedding day, it is necessary to make a decision on changing the surname, since if they are different for the mother and child, difficulties may arise when preparing various documentation in the future.

The decision to expedite the procedure for registering a marriage is made by a senior employee of the civil registry office where the couple applies. But it is worth considering that urgent registration is possible only in late stages of pregnancy. In the first months of bearing a child, an expedited marriage may be denied.

Usually, registry office employees do not object to an expedited marriage upon presentation of a certificate from a gynecologist confirming pregnancy. It should contain the following information:

name of the medical institution;
Full name and year of birth of the expectant mother;
woman's pregnancy period;
estimated date of birth;
date of document preparation and organization stamps.

If, after presenting a certificate and other documentation, the management of a state institution refuses to expedite the marriage procedure, then the young couple has the right to apply to the court to protect their interests.

A young couple can count on a shortened wedding date only if the expected date of birth is close. There is also no need to wait a month if the expectant mother needs long-term hospital treatment. If she is already in the hospital, then on-site registration of marriage without special events is possible.

If the request of the future newlyweds is satisfied, then they should draw up an application and attach to it a receipt for payment of the state fee. The setting of the wedding day directly depends on the stage of pregnancy. In most cases, the date is set a few days after the application is submitted.

Conditions for minors

The marriageable age indicated by the Family Code is 18 years, but on the basis of clause 2 of Art. 13 and the provisions of regional legislation it is allowed to create a family:

from 15 years old - in the Chelyabinsk, Ryazan, Murmansk and Tver regions;
from 14 years old - in Samara, Tyumen, Moscow, Vladimir regions;
without age limit - in Tatarstan.

Important! In the Republic of Tatarstan, people will not be able to register before the age of 14. This is when minors receive a passport.

Dates of pregnancy

The laws of the constituent entities set a maximum period of pregnancy at which young people can sign. In the Murmansk region, for example, only from the 22nd week of gestation, and in the Vladimir region - from the 12th. Girls are required to register after the 8th week.

Conditions for registering a marriage

You can speed up the procedure in the following cases:

consent of the spouses themselves;
availability of permission from the guardianship and trusteeship authorities for persons 16-18 years old;
availability of an application from parents for persons 14-16 years old;
lack of consanguinity and mental disorders.

Important! The conclusion of a marriage union is permitted only if neither the bride nor the groom has reached the age of majority. Otherwise, one of the couple is criminally liable.

The Family Code of the Russian Federation allows a man to register a marriage with his pregnant bride. The legislation also establishes shortened procedure times. Before the ceremony, the newlyweds submit a certificate of pregnancy and indicate this fact in the application.

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