North Carolina Prenuptial Agreements, Marriage Licenses, & Other Legal Services Q&A

Have large families, want small destination wedding

My fiance and I both have rather large extended families, mine live mostly in Michigan (where I'm from) and his live mostly in North Carolina (where he's from and where we both live). We want to have a small (50 people max) summer wedding and reception in the North Carolina mountains, and then.... [Read more]

3 pm outdoor wedding in April?

I have been invited to an outdoor wedding on at the end of April in North Carolina. The invitation says that attire is 'semi-casual' and guests should wear comfortable clothes and shoes. What kind of dresses, skirts, or pants would be appropriate? What about shoes? I've thought about a chiffon.... [Read more]

Reception back home is postponed

We are getting married in North Carolina on August 2nd and had planned to have a reception back home (Minneapolis) on August 26th. Invitations have been sent out for both events. We are now postponing the reception indefinitely and I need to inform everyone. We just finished a new house and it's.... [Read more]

Mentioning attire on a destination wedding invitation

I am planning on having a destination beach wedding in North Carolina. Should I word on the invitations that dress is casual or should I just assume that most of the people won't get dressed too fancy? Since we are only invititing a small group of family and friends, and it's on the beach, I don't.... [Read more]

Gift or no gift?

We live in Indiana and are attending a wedding in North Carolina the weekend after July 4th. The bride is planning a very informal beach wedding, informal to the extent that her "invitation" is an email invitation. Travel expenses are going to be a little higher than usual due to the holiday..... [Read more]