Recording Civil Marriage

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jensky
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Recording Civil Marriage

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I recently added a civil marriage between two members of our ward. I noticed that when I searched MLS for household it just shows the brother's name and not the usual format of "Smith, John & Ashley." The spouse name doesn't show. I noticed when I selected the household it does have the wife show as in the household but with the position of "Other" instead of "Spouse." I did confirm that MLS does show them as married. Any thoughts on how to correct this? Thanks.
russellhltn
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Re: Recording Civil Marriage

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I'd remove the wife from the household. Make her her own household, then put her back.

My guess is that you made them a household prior to the marriage being recorded and processed. If MLS can't found the person being added as spouse, then they're added as "other".
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jensky
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Re: Recording Civil Marriage

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Thanks. That solved it!
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