Lying on MA marriage applications
Romney’s backed down a bit and is no longer going to require proof, just the standard affidavit, to show Massachusetts residency for couples getting married after May 17th.
The article does say:
Neither Winslow nor Romney’s spokeswoman Shawn Feddeman would say whether penalties might be imposed on out-of-state couples who lie on their applications. Under Massachusetts law, the maximum penalty for lying on a marriage application is $100.
If this is enforced on anyone, I would be interested to hear if anyone brings up the case of his predecessor Jane Swift, who lied on hers in 1994. The lie was eventually revealed, and even though it was after the statute of limitations had expired, she and her husband paid the fine.
The lie? They’d said he’d been married only once before; in fact, his marriage to her was his fourth.
