Overview
- The ruling issued this week found that no marriage had been established and canceled the certificate from an April ceremony last year.
- A friend served as a one-day civil registrar and led the ceremony, while an official registrar from the municipality of Zwolle was present.
- Judges said the couple failed to declare that they accepted each other as spouses and would faithfully fulfill duties linked to marital status, as required by Dutch law.
- The couple contests the decision and says the speech was not written by ChatGPT, claiming the officiant only asked an AI tool about legal validity, and they have requested to keep their original wedding date.
- The marriage had been entered into the national personal records until the local council flagged the omission to prosecutors, prompting broader scrutiny of AI’s use in wedding scripts and professional pushback despite surveys showing rising acceptance.