You don't have to be in Montana to be married in Montana
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2018 10:08 am
triviatoday.com wrote:Wanna get married while you're in Montana? Not a problem. Wanna get married while you're somewhere else? Also not a problem. Montana is the only state in the union that will allow a couple to get married even if neither the bride nor groom are present. The law permitting what is called a "double-proxy marriage" was passed during World War II though no one is 100% sure why. When, a few years back, a soldier serving overseas wanted to marry his girlfriend, they hired lawyer Dean Knapton to look into an old rumor that double-proxy weddings were legal in Montana. He found the old law still on the books, and arranged the whole marriage. It was then that he realized there was a potential business opportunity here. And now, for only $900, you too can be married by double proxy in the state of Montana.