marriage

Civil registry offices to restore regular marriage registration procedure

With the Lithuanian government easing lockdown restrictions, the Justice Ministry has proposed to the country’s civil registry offices to gradually...

Court orders Vilnius authorities to issue marriage certificate with "W" in women's surname

A Vilnius court on Monday ordered the Lithuanian capital's municipality to issue a marriage certificate to a Lithuanian woman married to a UK citizen, in...

Some 50,000 Lithuanians support European initiative on family definition

Around 50,000 people in Lithuania have supported a European initiative to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman and family as based on...

Parliament to consider defining family through marriage and parenthood

The Lithuanian parliament will debate on Thursday an amendment to the Constitution that would tie the legal definition of a family to marriage and...

Lithuanian parliament rejects civil partnership law

The Lithuanian parliament, Seimas, rejected the bill that would have introduced the institution of partnership of opposite sex couples. The Ministry of...