Marriage (Woking)

Marriage in the bimonarchy of Woking is a civil contract blah blah blah. Woking

Marriage as official status

• Civil contract
  • Standard marriage contract defines rights for both parties (equal except with respect to children)
• Between two adult parties
• Minimum age of marriage = 14, but encouraged minimum age of marriage = 15
  • Important note: age of permission to nookie = 15
• Permission of state not usually needed
  • Main exceptions are nobility during wartime and wards of state
• Permission of parents is almost always sought out of social convention, is required if either partner is aged 14-15
  • Nobility name the heir for their title unless this right is revoked (ie by monarch as a punishment)

Children

• Often done so man can claim fatherhood of children (otherwise they're the woman's)
• People name their own heirs (but if they have children and no will it is assumed that the children inherit)

Same-sex marriage

• Is done
  • Although child law and inheritance will apply less or differently

Wedding

• Is more of a 'marriage party'
  • A celebration loosely associated with the actual occasion of formalising the contract
  • i.e. may happen a few days before or after
  • Because contract itself isn't all that exciting
• Can be anything from a low-key family gathering to a loud, cider-soused week
• Very many customs and superstitions depending on locality

Infidelity

• Considered a matter for the couple to handle among themselves
• Consequences may be specified in the marriage contract
  • So may permission

Divorce

• Marriage is civil contract, can be broken

Surnames

• By convention, generally keep name of richer or higher-status partner