Marriage, civil partnership and divorce

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class="js-heading">Marriage, civil partnership and divorce</h2> <h3 class="list-header">Getting married </h3> <ul> <li> <a data-track-category="thirdLevelBrowseLinkClicked" data-track-action="1.1" data-track-label="/get-married-in-england-or-wales" data-track-options="{"dimension28":"9","dimension29":"Get married or form a civil partnership in England or Wales: step by step"}" href="/web/20190723173214/https://www.gov.uk/get-married-in-england-or-wales">Get married or form a civil partnership in England or Wales: step by step</a> </li> <li> <a data-track-category="thirdLevelBrowseLinkClicked" data-track-action="1.2" data-track-label="/marriages-civil-partnerships" data-track-options="{"dimension28":"9","dimension29":"Marriages and civil partnerships in England and Wales"}" href="/web/20190723173214/https://www.gov.uk/marriages-civil-partnerships">Marriages and civil partnerships in England and Wales</a> </li> <li> <a data-track-category="thirdLevelBrowseLinkClicked" 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