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- Title
MARRIAGE CELEBRANT REFORM.
- Authors
Williams, Daryl
- Abstract
The article focuses on the Australian government's proposed reform of the Marriage Celebrant Program to ensure that the role of celebrants reflects the modern marriage trends, and ultimately, the fortunes of the Australian social fabric. The Commonwealth Government is proposing reform of the Marriage Celebrant Program to ensure that the role of celebrants reflects modern marriage trends and, ultimately, the fortunes of the Australian social fabric. The program was established in 1973 to provide marrying couples that did not want to have a religious ceremony with a dignified and meaningful alternative to a registry wedding. The role of the marriage celebrant under the Marriage Act is to ensure that the intention of the law is formally recognised; that the relationship being entered into is solemn and binding; and that the marriage is intended to be a union for life, no matter where or how a ceremony is conducted, and no matter how unique the situation. Celebrants are in a key position to foster quality family relationships, particularly by pointing couples to services that will help them develop stronger relationships and reduce the risk of future relationship breakdown and divorce.
- Subjects
MARRIAGE celebrants; PUBLIC officers; WEDDINGS; MARRIAGE law; FAMILIES; RITES &; ceremonies
- Publication
Family Matters, 2000, Issue 57, p76
- ISSN
1030-2646
- Publication type
Article