Weddings & Marriage Ceremonies

With this service I offer you a no obligation chat where we can discuss your plans and I will explain the process required to legally marry in Australia.

Should you decide to book me as your celebrant, I will ask you to read and sign my service agreement and pay a booking fee to secure your date. I will also provide you with relationship education information and the ‘Happily Ever… Before and After’ brochure. I will also sight the required identification documents and complete your Notice of Intended Marriage (NOIM) for lodgement.

• Wedding Planning Workshop

  At our first wedding planning workshop I’m going to ask you a lot of questions and we will discuss the style of your ceremony, your vows, if you would like to include a ritual, what type of readings and music would you prefer. I will give you several different sample ceremonies, rituals, readings and music suggestions to take away and look at.

• Love Story Questionnaire

  After our workshop I will email both of you a ‘your love story’ questionnaire and ask you to complete it without showing your partner. This questionnaire will give me the insight into your unique story so I can begin to craft a wedding script that is all about you.

• Wedding Ceremony Script

  After I have completed the first draft of your wedding ceremony script, I will email it to you both, we will then meet again to discuss any changes you wish to make. We can repeat this process as many times as needed to ensure your wedding ceremony script is exactly as you wished. These meetings can take place at my office or via zoom/skype.

• Wedding Rehearsal

  The week before the big day we will have a rehearsal with your wedding party either at the wedding venue or my office where we will have a wedding ceremony ‘talk through’ and a ‘walk through’ so everyone is absolutely confidant of their placement during, and timing of, all the elements of your wedding ceremony. (Yes, Great Aunt Gertrude will know when to come up and read her poem!) I will also ask both of you to complete the ‘No legal impediment to marriage’ form.

• Wedding Day

  On the big day, I will arrive 45 to 60 minutes prior to the wedding to set up and coordinate with your photographer, the venue, your wedding planner and wedding party, this includes keeping everyone calm, pinning on boutonnières, handing out clean tissues and making sure the wedding rings are on hand! I will solemnise your wedding ensuring you are legally married according to the Marriage Act of 1961. You will receive a printed and bound copy of your wedding script and your signing pen, along with your commemorative marriage certificate. After the ceremony I will lodge all the legal paperwork with Births, Deaths & Marriages and if you are married in Victoria, I will order your official certificate of marriage from BDM.

With this service I still offer you a no obligation chat where we can discuss your plans and I will explain the process required to legally marry in Australia.

Should you decide to book me as your celebrant, I will ask you to read and sign my service agreement and pay a booking fee to secure your date. I will also provide you with relationship education information and the ‘Happily Ever… Before and After’ brochure. I will also sight the required identification documents and complete your Notice of Intended Marriage (NOIM) for lodgement.

• Wedding Planning Workshop

  At our first wedding planning workshop I’m going to ask you a lot of questions and we will discuss the style of your ceremony, your vows, if you would like to include a ritual, what type of readings and music would you prefer. I will give you several different sample ceremonies, rituals, readings and music suggestions to take away and look at.

• Love Story Questionnaire

  After our workshop I will email both of you a ‘your love story’ questionnaire and ask you to complete it without showing your partner. This questionnaire will give me the insight into your unique story so I can begin to craft a wedding script that is all about you.

• Wedding Ceremony Script

  After I have completed the first draft of your wedding ceremony script, I will email it to you both, we will then meet via zoom or skype to discuss any changes you wish to make to ensure your wedding ceremony script is exactly as you wished.

• Wedding Rehearsal

  The week before the big day we will have a rehearsal with your wedding party at my office where we will have a wedding ceremony ‘talk through’ and a ‘walk through’ so everyone is absolutely confidant of their placement during and timing of all elements of the wedding ceremony. I will also ask both of you to complete the ‘No legal impediment to marriage’ form.

• Wedding Day

  On the big day, I will arrive 30 minutes prior to the wedding to set up and coordinate with your photographer, the venue, your wedding planner and wedding party, this includes keeping everyone calm, pinning on boutonnières, handing out clean tissues and making sure the wedding rings are on hand! I will solemnise your wedding ensuring you are legally married according to the Marriage Act of 1961. You will receive a printed and bound copy of your wedding script and your signing pen, and your commemorative marriage certificate. After the ceremony I will lodge all the legal paperwork with Births, Deaths & Marriages and if you are married in Victoria, I will order your official certificate of marriage from BDM.

As with all my ceremonies I still offer you a no obligation chat where we can discuss your plans and I will explain the process required to legally marry in Australia.

Should you decide to book me as your celebrant, I will ask you to read and sign my service agreement and pay a booking fee to secure your date. I will also provide you with relationship education information and the ‘Happily Ever… Before and After’ brochure. I will also sight the required identification documents and complete your Notice of Intended Marriage (NOIM) and ‘No Legal Impediment to Marriage’ forms for lodgement.

• Wedding Planning Workshop

  At our wedding planning workshop, I will give you a choice several different sample ceremonies, rituals, readings and music suggestions to pick from.

• Love Story Questionnaire

  After our workshop I will email both of you a ‘your love story’ questionnaire and ask you to complete it without showing your partner. This questionnaire will give me the insight into your unique story so I can craft your wedding script which I will send you via email asking you to make any changes you require.

• Wedding Day

  On the big day, I will arrive 15-20 minutes prior to the wedding to set up. I will solemnise your wedding ensuring you are legally married according to the Marriage Act of 1961. You will receive a printed and bound copy of your wedding script, your signing pen and your commemorative marriage certificate. After the ceremony I will lodge all the legal paperwork with Births, Deaths & Marriages and if you are married in Victoria, I will order your official certificate of marriage from BDM.

With this service I still offer you a no obligation chat where we can discuss your plans and I will explain the process required to legally marry in Australia.

I conduct legals only ceremonies in my office or my sunny rose garden at home in Markwood. If needed I can organise the two legal witnesses that are required under the Marriage Act of 1961. The ceremony duration is approximately 15 minutes, before we begin, I will ask you to sign the ‘No legal impediment to marriage’ form. Once this form is signed, I will make the legal statement and you will recite the legal vows then along with the witnesses, we will sign all the required documents. I offer a glass of soft drink or sparkling wine to toast your marriage at the conclusion of the ceremony.

After the ceremony I will lodge all the legal paperwork with Births, Deaths & Marriages.