Affidavit for Remarriage
10.5.1 Ministers may decline to officiate at a wedding ceremony which is not in harmony with their personal beliefs and convictions.
10.5.2 No minister may perform any wedding ceremony in which either party has been divorced and the former spouse is still living, except in instances in which, after proper investigation, the minister has determined and is satisfied that the following conditions exist, or where the minister has received an affidavit from the person who has a living former spouse, duly witnessed by two signators, or a notary public or commissioner of oaths, that declares the conditions listed below have been fulfilled:
10.5.2.1 all reasonable efforts at reconciliation with the former partner have been exhausted; and
10.5.2.2 there has been sexual immorality on the part of a former partner or a former partner has remarried; and
10.5.2.3 there is repentance for any personal failures that may have contributed to the breakup of the previous marriage; and
10.5.2.4 a legal divorce has been obtained.
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