Armed Forces Proxy Marriages office manager Rachel Bodick, co-owner Tom Kennedy and co-owner Teresa Kennedy demonstrate how they hold civil ceremonies for double-proxy marriages, standing in place of the real couple who are usually far from Montana. (Taylor Inman/Bigfork Eagle)
March 5, 2022
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March 6, 2022 midnight
Montana’s double-proxy marriages skyrocket after pandemic
One of Montana’s unique laws allows both parties of a marriage to be absent from the ceremony. The requests for double-proxy marriages have skyrocketed since the pandemic started, and double-proxy marriage services in the Flathead Valley are still racing to meet the demand.