Refresh the civil marriage

Repeating the civil wedding ceremony - possibilities

As the civil wedding is intended for an unlimited period of time, you cannot simply refresh it after a while; this is not legally possible. Marriage is a change in civil status that cannot be refreshed. But in exceptional cases you can repeat this:

• If you really want to have a new civil marriage to freshen up the first one, you can get a divorce and then get a civil marriage again. A feasible way, but one that means a lot of financial outlay. You probably don't want to choose this one.
• It may also be that the civil wedding can be challenged if there was a formal error in the wedding. This route is also possible, but it is rather unusual that there was such a mistake.
• In some countries it is possible to get a civil marriage, but the marriage is only valid in Germany if you have it recognized here. This is also a way of freshening up the civil wedding ceremony. However, you should definitely inquire from Germany whether a refresher, i.e. a new wedding ceremony, is possible. There are good opportunities in Las Vegas, for example.
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If these ways do not suit you, you should think about experiencing the wedding ceremony without the legal forms. This is how you can freshen them up too.

Refreshing the marriage vows

So you can also refresh the civil wedding.

• Especially if you only had a small wedding ceremony without a big celebration, you should organize a nice big celebration with family or friends. Before the celebration, plan a ceremony in which both sides make a marriage vows. Since a registrar can be present as a private person, you can ask a registrar to perform this ceremony with you. Then you have a new marriage in a similar form to the civil one.
• If you like, you can also come up with your own marriage vows and present them to your friends in a solemn form. In any case, mark out a special setting for this type of wedding ceremony so that the ceremony does not get lost in the hustle and bustle of the celebration.
• It is very romantic when you simply freshen up the civil wedding among yourself. Drive to a romantic place and solemnly make the marriage vows. If you like, take the groomsmen with you on this trip.

Legally speaking, you can't refresh a civil ceremony, but you have to Do not prevent yourself from making a new vow from time to time in a solemn setting submit.