A quirky Montana law allows residents or active service members to get married without even setting foot in the state. Now, double proxy weddings - where two stand-ins say "I do" on behalf of absent couples - have become a big business.
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In a double-proxy marriage, a couple signs their right-of-attorney over to two stand-ins who get married for them by signing the marriage license in front of an officiant. New York Times
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By Jesse Klein
Randy Nuñez and Sasha Nuñez-Carvalho were married in October while he was quarantined with the coronavirus in San Diego and she was deployed by the Navy, 4,000 miles away, in Europe. Nuñez-Carvalho was drinking at a bar when her fiancée, now husband, called to tell her the news.
“It was about 11:30 at night,” Nuñez-Carvalho said. “I walked up to my adviser, and I was like, ‘Hey, I’m married.’ He gave me a ginormous hug and then told everybody and we did a shot in celebration. It was weird.”
Another Effect of Covid: Thousands of Double Proxy Weddings
Randy Nuñez and Sasha Nuñez-Carvalho were 4,000 miles apart on the day they were married. The couple, both of whom are in the Navy, were married when two strangers in Montana stood in for them.
Randy Nuñez and Sasha Nuñez-Carvalho, who are both in the Navy and have seen each other only once since last Christmas (above), were married this October through double proxy.Credit.Alvin Pena
By Jesse Klein
Dec. 15, 2020
Randy Nuñez and Sasha Nuñez-Carvalho were married in October while he was quarantined with the coronavirus in San Diego and she was deployed by the Navy, 4,000 miles away, in Europe. Ms. Nuñez-Carvalho was drinking at a bar when her fiancée, now husband, called her to tell her the news.