How do you word a wedding invitation when the parents of the bride are divorced and have remarried others?

Question

The father has remarried and the mother has remarried and is currently seeking a divorce from her second husband.

Answer 1

The invite is always from the actual parents.
Step parents should not be on the invite.

Answer 2

It really depends on who's paying. If both sets of parents are contributing, list them as Mr. and Mrs. (Mom and Husband) on the first line, and Mr. and Mrs. (Dad and Wife) on the next. Or you can reverse them (Dad on top line, Mom on bottom line) if Dad is contributing more... that really depends on your preference. Definitely include your step-parents on the invite if they're helping pay for the wedding (even if the money your dad/mom is giving you is coming out of a joint account with their new spouse's name on it, too). If your step-parents are not contributing financially but you have good relationships with them, it would probably really mean a lot to them, especially if they've been around for a while. However, if you have no close ties to your stepdad and your mother is seeking a divorce, I'd leave him off. Good luck.

And I have to say to all the people who suggest leaving the step-parents off, that step-parents are parents, too, and are sometimes better and more attentive parents than bioparents. Nothing is cut and dry anymore.

Answer 3

It depends on who is hosting the wedding.

Since we paid for half, and my father paid for half (and there were some very nominal contributions by the in-laws) we avaoided the whole divorce issue (my mother and father and divorced, married other people, then my mother divorced)...we just said

Bride and Groom
Along with their families
Request the honour...
etc etc

However, if you want everyone listed, you put

Mother Last Name
and Father and Step Mother Last Name

Request the honour of

etc etc

Answer 4

I was invited to a wedding not long ago. On this particular invitation it was the same situation. They listed it as:

Your name
The daughter of Father's Name and Mother's Name and the step daughter of Step Father's Name and Step Mother's Name.

I got married in May of this year. I listed it as the daughter of my mother and father (deceased) and the stepdaughter of my stepdad's name.

Answer 5

The brides family goes first, since they are divorced then:
Mrs. Your Mothers Name
and
Mr. and Mrs. YourfathersName
And so on, You can leave out your stepmoms name if you wish, but if you have a good relationship it is respectful to your dad to name her.

Good Luck, Happy Wedding!!!!

Answer 6

It's a little complicated to put into an answer here so I'll send you a template from one of my textbooks from my Wedding Consultant course. Basically, it comes down to who is paying for the wedding. Anyone who is contributing gets billing on the invite.

Answer 7

When we got married we didn't put our parents names on the invites too many issues it simply said Brides name and Grooms name request your company on the day that we pledge our love to one another.

Answer 8

I had the same problem. I just didn't have my parents announce it. My daughter (who was 5) announced it. The invitation read

Her name
requests the honor of you presence
at the marriage of her mother
My name
to
my husband's name.

Hope that this gives you some new ideas.

Answer 9

It could read "Mr. Jones and Mrs. Smith, parents of Barbara Jones
invite you to the wedding of their daughter to Mr. Fred Doe on the etc.....

Answer 10

Make the invitations form you and your Future husband that will solve the problem