In a standard situation, to register a marriage, the bride and groom are required to submit an appropriate application to the registry office and wait 30 days before the wedding day. But today, many couples do not seek to register family ties due to the formalities and waiting period. The situation changes if a woman becomes pregnant. In order to avoid possible difficulties in the future, the couple is thinking about registering a marriage during pregnancy. Does this fact speed up the procedure for setting a wedding day?
Peculiarities
Legislation is accommodating to couples expecting a baby. They have the opportunity to go through a simplified and expedited application process. It is possible to get married even on the day of application.
Important! Special rights for newlyweds preparing to become parents are guaranteed by the Family Code of the Russian Federation.
In general, the wedding ceremony for couples in which the bride is pregnant takes place in the same order as in standard situations. The main difference is the time frame for processing applications.
The newlyweds still have the opportunity to choose the format of the event. This can be a solemn wedding ceremony or a modest painting lasting no more than 20 minutes. In the latter case, the event only involves the exchange of rings, filling out the necessary documents, a few photographs for memory with a minimum number of invited guests.
Couples preparing to become parents have the option of signing at home or in the hospital. The last possibility arises if the bride is unable to appear at the registry office for health reasons, for example, if the pregnancy proceeds with complications and the woman is in confinement.
In this case, the registry office employees are required to organize an away ceremony, but with such registration of relations the ceremonial part is not provided.
Why is it better to register a marriage during pregnancy?
The sooner the union is registered, the more advantageous the situation will be for the woman and the unborn child. For the father of a child, legal marriage also has positive aspects. A large psycho-emotional burden is removed from both spouses. By registering a relationship, young people gain a sense of confidence in each other. A large number of conflicts arise from mistrust, the reason for which is the lack of official status of husband and wife.
The sooner the couple decides to legitimize the union, the better for the baby. The future father and mother will be able to calmly begin to prepare for childbirth.
Legal consequences of marriage for mother and child
Living under one roof in a “civil marriage” is convenient for both parties only until the girl becomes pregnant. The country's current family code provides for laws aimed at protecting mothers and children. During pregnancy and the first year and a half after the birth of a child, a woman has every right to receive financial support from her husband.
If the husband does not want to share finances and provide for the woman during the period of incapacity, the state will force him to pay alimony for the maintenance of the wife. This measure of influence only works if the couple is in a fixed marriage.
The father of a child born in a legal marriage is automatically considered to be a man who is officially married to the child’s mother.
Conditions for minors
Childbearing age comes quite early, but legally a person under 18 years of age is considered a child and has no right to decide his own life. Before this age, you can only sign for a valid reason. One of them is pregnancy.
The Family Code states that marriage is possible after reaching the age of 18, but pregnancy is the basis for registering a relationship before reaching adulthood.
Couples who have reached the age of 16 can apply for marriage. Marriage of minors is possible only with the consent of parents or guardians. After receiving written approval, applications are processed by the municipality within a short time.
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”
Deadlines and documents
In a standard situation, according to the law, couples submit an application to the registry office 30 days before registering the marriage. During pregnancy, an exception is made - the period is reduced as much as possible. The bride does not have to wait a whole month, because many people feel awkward on their wedding day due to too big a belly. Depending on the stage of pregnancy, you will be allowed to sign sooner - in a week, two, or even on the day of application.
To submit an application, you must go to the registry office with a complete package of documents. This is an important condition, without which marriage is impossible.
The list of documents for filing an application includes:
- passports of both newlyweds;
- identification numbers (TIN is needed when paying state duty);
- divorce certificates, if this is not a first marriage;
- written consent of parents or guardianship council in cases where one or both newlyweds have not reached the age of majority;
- receipt of payment of state duty;
- pregnancy certificate from the antenatal clinic.
Applications without a receipt for payment of the state fee will not be accepted. Its cost for 2018 is 350 rubles, and only one person pays - the bride or groom. The payer's data is entered into the receipt, which has a shelf life of 3 years.
A pregnancy certificate is a necessary condition for early marriage registration. Only if you have this document, it is possible to sign before the 30 days of waiting established by law.
If necessary, to complete documents at home or in the hospital, you will have to provide a certificate of health of the bride.
The process becomes more complicated if a girl marries a citizen of another country. In this case, the package of documents is accompanied by the groom’s residence permit, as well as a certificate of his marital status translated into Russian.
Important! In the Russian Federation, marriage between persons in a related relationship is prohibited. If the young people have the same last name, documents will be required to exclude their relationship.
Certificate of pregnancy
To speed up the process at the registry office, the bride provides a certificate of pregnancy, which is issued at the antenatal clinic. You can get it at the place of registration from the supervising doctor or at any other medical institution. You can also go to commercial clinics, but you will have to plan for additional costs for ultrasound diagnostics.
To obtain a certificate, you need to do an ultrasound. Based on the examination results, the gynecologist issues a corresponding document.
A pregnancy certificate is issued on the day of application and contains the following data:
- name of the institution that issued the certificate;
- personal data of the woman;
- gestational age;
- date of issue;
- last name, first name and patronymic of the attending physician;
- recommendations for treatment (necessary for registration of an outdoor ceremony).
The presence of an exchange card from the antenatal clinic is not a basis for early registration. Only a documented certificate with stamps and signatures is provided to the registry office.
Can pregnant women be fired from work?
As you have already read above, the management of the company (enterprise) where the expectant mother works cannot fire her. Neither dismissal nor reduction in such cases is legally possible. This is confirmed by Article 64 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation.
An exception is the situation when a company (organization) completely ceases to exist as a legal entity, which occurs upon its liquidation. However, even in this case, the employee in the position receives compensation and severance pay.
Order
Both for ordinary couples and for the bride and groom expecting the birth of a baby, there is a clear procedure for organizing the event. The first stage is submitting an application in a convenient way to the registry office chosen by the newlyweds.
Important! Civil registry office employees monitor the condition of the bride and groom during the application and wedding ceremony. If one of the newlyweds behaves inappropriately or there is a suspicion that he is signing under pressure, the procedure is canceled.
Then the marriage registration procedure takes place and an entry is made in two copies. Young people put their signatures on them. Then the newlyweds are given a marriage certificate.
Where can I get help?
Such an extract from a pregnant woman’s personal card can be issued not only at the medical institution where she is registered. This is the main place, but it is not always available. Where else can you get this paper:
- private clinic;
- a medical center that has the necessary work permits;
- any medical institution that has the necessary certificates and license to operate.
Such a certificate must have all the necessary marks and the seal of the organization. Which one it will be from is at the discretion of the future parents.
How to apply?
You can submit an application to any registry office in the Russian Federation, regardless of your place of registration. If in some city they refuse to accept documents, we are talking about a violation of the law. A couple can complain about illegal actions of government employees.
At the moment, you can declare your readiness to get married without leaving your home. The government services website provides the opportunity to submit an application online. To do this, you only need Internet access and a package of documents.
Applications are accepted on the Unified Portal of State Services on the website gosuslugi.ru. You can take advantage of the advantage only after registering on the resource, but you cannot submit an application for an accelerated procedure for registering a marriage through the portal. It is possible to set a wedding date online only after a month has passed.
There are two options for submitting an application:
- In the first case, the newlyweds send documents online and set a date for the ceremony. To complete the procedure, you will have to find time to appear at the registry office;
- The second option does not involve visiting the registration department until the wedding day. All documents are processed remotely using technical means (an electronic signature is required). But in order to sign and receive certificates, you still have to come to the registry office.
When applying online, please carefully fill out the required information in the form. You can edit the data if errors were made when filling out the online form only within 24 hours after submitting the application to the State Services website. Failure to comply with this requirement will entail a number of problems associated with the re-issuance of documentation.
Video instruction
Marriage registration takes place only at the registry office or in exceptional cases at home (in a hospital, prison) in the presence of government employees. You can only submit an application online about your readiness to legalize the relationship. How to do it correctly - in the video:
How quickly will it be processed?
Traditionally, documents for marriage are issued within 30 days from filing the application. If pregnancy is confirmed by an appropriate certificate, you will be able to sign and receive certificates earlier. This does not contradict the laws set forth in the Family Code.
Important! When considering an application, registry office employees pay attention to the gestational age. If the period is short, an early procedure may be refused, and the couple will have to submit documents on a general basis.
If the gestation period is more than four months, the newlyweds can receive a marriage certificate within one to two weeks. A non-ceremonial marriage registration ceremony is possible even on the day of application.
It is important to note that the accelerated procedure for registering family relations is the right of those wishing to get married, and not the responsibility of the registry office employees. Employees of government agencies individually review such applications and set a wedding date.
