Does a state run a criminal background check if you’re applying for marriage license?
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Does a state run a criminal background check if you’re applying for marriage license?
Asked on September 27, 2011 under Family Law, Georgia
Answers:
M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Generally speaking, no, but I could definitely see how that would be a really good way for the law to catch up with you. Listen, I am concerned here that you are about to enter in to a new stage of life with out coming clean to the person you are hoping to spend the rest of your life with. This is not a good thing. Ask your self: if you are not forth right - and depending on what the crime is or was - would my spouse have grounds for annulment or divorce? Do I want to end the marriage that way rather than - if it has to end - before I have to pay financially andemotionally? I would consider telling him or her now. You will only be living a lie if you do not. Good luck.
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