How do you get married in a Texas prison?

Answer 1

The prospective spouse goes to the marriage license department of the local courthouse and asks for a proxy marriage form and fills out their part and makes sure that they fill in the persons name that is going to stand in for the absent spouse; mails it to the person incarcerated. They in turn fill in their part sign it and have it notarized and send it back to the prospective spouse. Then at that time the prospective spouse may take that form back to the marriage license department and apply for a marriage license. There is a fee for the marriage license and there is only 30 days to get together with the person who is going to stand in for the absent spouse with clergy or JP. The clergy or JP will preform the ceremony as normal and then will fill out their part and turn it in to be recorded by the court clerk and the court clerk returns marriage license to the spouse who is on the outside.