SOP_NUMBER: 106.09-att-1
TITLE: Offender Marriage Checklist
REFERENCE_CODE: VA01-0009
DIVISION: Chaplaincy
TOPIC_AREA: 106 Policy-Chaplaincy
EFFECTIVE_DATE: 2016-09-29
WORD_COUNT: 183
POWERDMS_URL: https://public.powerdms.com/GADOC/documents/106459
URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/106.09-att-1/

SUMMARY:
This checklist is a reference tool for incarcerated individuals planning to marry while in GDC custody. It outlines the required steps an offender must complete before a marriage ceremony can take place, including obtaining notarized statements, providing spouse information, completing marriage applications, and coordinating with chaplaincy staff and outside ministers. The checklist ensures offenders have addressed all necessary preparations and policy requirements prior to the marriage ceremony.

KEY_TOPICS: offender marriage, inmate marriage, marriage ceremony, chaplaincy, notarized statement, marriage application, premarital counseling, outside minister, marriage license, marriage checklist

ATTACHMENTS:
  1. Offender Marriage Checklist
     URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/106.09-att-1/

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                            Attachment I
                                 SOP 106.09
                                (VA01-0009)
                                  09/29/16

   OFFENDER MARRIAGE CHECKLIST (Example)

   __________Did you present to the chaplain a notarized
   statement stating that there are no legal restrictions
   prohibiting the marriage?

   __________Did you provide to the chaplain the name, address,
   and telephone number of the intended spouse outside minister
   and approximate date of marriage?

   ___________Did you obtain a marriage application and provide
   the chaplain with a completed copy and return the original to
   your intended spouse?

   __________Have you and your intended spouse considered
   requesting premarital counseling (optional)?

   __________Did you contact an outside minister or authorized
   person (optional) and instruct the minister or authorized
   person to request approval from the Superintendent/Warden for
   him/her to enter the Institution?

   __________Did you inform your intended spouse of the policy
   concerning dress, rings, camera, etc. and instruct him/her to
   Fax or mail a copy of the completed marriage license to the
   Director of Chaplaincy in the Central Office?

RETENTION SCHEDULE:

    No retention is necessary for this form. It is intended for use by the
    inmate/detainee to assure that all preparations on his/her part have been done.

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