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Kantmzk OP t1_iwo1j4w wrote

Reply to comment by wild-wild-world in How can I officially prove in Massachusetts that I have never been married? by Kantmzk

Thank you, that is very helpful! On the website for a negative statement of birth, it asks to give a wedding date -- but what on earth would they want when the whole purpose is to show there was never a marriage in the first place? What was that process like for you, if you don't mind me asking?

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wild-wild-world t1_iwoaeh8 wrote

No problem! We went on a Wednesday afternoon and it wasn’t busy at all. I imagined it would be crazy and stressful like isn’t the RMV but it’s basically a service window in a hallway. It’s right across the hall from where lottery winners pick up their giant checks haha. The people at the window were very nice and there’s a table to fill out paperwork, maybe like half a sheet of paper very easy, for what kind of document you are asking them to retrieve for you. The documents they gave us looks like birth certificate almost very official looking document from the commonwealth of massachusetts and says “This is to certify that a search has been made of the records in this office for the MARRIAGE of (your name) throughout the records of the Commonwealth for the years: (the year you were 18 to 2019) and that said record has NOT been found.” Then there is actually asterisks for the years 2020-2022 with a separate letter they gave us saying that they apologize and don’t have those records on file yet due to the covid 19 emergency but it was enough for us to go ahead with our marriage. It took like maybe 15 mins for them to prepare the documents for us it was very easy and also inexpensive. Hope this helps!

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Kantmzk OP t1_iwqlypt wrote

Thanks very much! Did they ask you for a wedding date when you filled out this paperwork? That's the only stumbling block from me currently asking for this document online, as it seems to be a required field but it simply doesn't exist as I have never been married.

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wild-wild-world t1_iwqqv3h wrote

I don’t think so! We also had never been married so we didn’t have an existing marriage date on file either. I remember being confused as well for the same reason when I looked into ordering it online which is why we just went to the office. I’m pretty sure the paperwork was just basic stuff about your identity so they could pull the information from the system. Good luck!

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