EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2026
The following terms of use (collectively, the “Terms”) constitute a binding agreement (referred to herein as the “Agreement”) between you ( “you,” “your,” “User,” “Visitor,” or “Service Provider”) and Divine Transformation, LLC, DBA Online Marriage, a Maryland limited liability company and/or its assigns (referred to herein as “Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) and apply to and govern your access and use of the onlinemarriage.com website and any other websites, services, applications, or social media accounts owned or operated by our Company and/or our Company’s affiliates (collectively, this “Site”). The reference to “you” also includes any persons in which you are entered into this agreement on behalf of.
1. Acceptance of Terms
By using or accessing the Site, you agree to be bound by the Terms of this Agreement and the associated Privacy Policy, located at https://onlinemarriage.com/legal/privacy/ which is incorporated by reference herein.
This Agreement supersedes all prior and previous agreements or terms of use between you and our Company regarding terms and conditions related to your use of the Site, and all prior and previous agreements and/or terms of use are hereby revoked by this Agreement.
a. Classification of Users
Users are those who access or utilize the Site for any purpose, regardless of their purpose for doing so or the capacity in which they do so. For the purposes of classification in this Agreement, Users refers to all Visitors, Service Providers, and any other legal person or entity which accesses or utilizes the Site.
Visitors are those who access the Site for the purpose of seeking information or services related to marriage, wedding ceremonies, wedding officiation, or celebrants. You represent that, if you are agreeing to the Terms of this Agreement on behalf of another legal person or entity, you have the authority to do so in the required capacity.
Service Providers are those who access the Site for the purpose of advertising products and/or services, or partner with our Company to provide third-party services to other Users or Visitors. You represent that, if you are agreeing to the Terms of this Agreement on behalf of another legal person or entity, you have the authority to do so in the required capacity. You also acknowledge that all references herein to the party on whose behalf you are entering this Agreement also refer to you.
You, the Service Provider, acknowledge and agree that this is not an endorsement Agreement. Our Company does not endorse or guarantee your goods or services. Our Company has no part in your transactions with other Users, and we have no responsibility to assist you in creating said transactions or to assist you in performing them. You acknowledge that Service Provider memberships are non-transferrable.
Our Company is not liable for, or a party to, any business relationships or business/commercial agreements entered into by and between Users (“Visitors” and “Service Providers” of the Site). It is agreed, in the event that any User alleges and includes our Company in a dispute of any kind regarding a conflict between Users and your use of the Site in any manner, you hereby agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless our Company, its officers, directors, employees, independent contractors, members, successors, and assigns from any and all liabilities, damages, business interruptions, delays, losses, claims, causes of action, fines, penalties, or judgments of any kind whatsoever, including all costs, attorneys’ fees, and expenses incidental thereto, which may be suffered by, or charged to, our Company related to the business activities of the Users. Our Company shall have the sole right to select our legal representation and other advisors for matters related to this section.
2. Dispute Resolution– READ CAREFULLY
All disputes arising out of, or related to, this Agreement and/or your use of the Site shall be submitted on an individual basis through final and binding arbitration to be administered within the State of Maryland, United States of America. All disputes are to be determined under the laws of the State of Maryland. You acknowledge that different states and countries have different laws related to information accessed online, and that it is your responsibility to educate yourself as to the laws that govern your use of the Site and/or the Terms.
3. Our Company is Not a Service Provider
You must be 18 years of age or older to utilize the Site, and minors are not eligible for our services. Users are individually responsible for all legal and financial obligations related to scheduling, negotiating, or procuring goods and/or services which are available directly from our Company.
Users may also acquire information related to, and interact with, third-party Service Providers through the Site. Each Service Provider is independently operated and owned. Service Providers are not agents, affiliates, partners, co-ventures, employees, or contractors of Our Company.
Our Company is not a party to transactions that occur between Users, such as between a marriage license office and the party to the marriage, and we have no knowledge of the terms and conditions associated with any such transactions. Therefore, Our Company does not control the occurrence, legitimacy, safety, or legality of transactions that occur between Users, nor do we have knowledge of the accuracy of any information provided by Users. We have no control over the intentions to act or abilities to act of any Users who access the Site.
By accessing the Site, you agree that our Company is not a Service Provider. Our Company is not responsible for the creation of any content or information transferred among Users, because they themselves create the information that they distribute through the Site as a neutral forum. Our Company provides no representations, warranties, or assurances whatsoever, implied or explicit, concerning any services advertised or provided by third-party Service Providers.
Various purchases or interactions available through the Site may require your agreement to additional terms and conditions, which will be presented to you upon your action. You acknowledge that those additional terms and conditions shall not supersede the Terms of this Agreement.
4. Transactions and Other Dealings (Third Party Advertisers, Merchants, and Otherwise)
Our Company provides no representations, warranties, or assurances whatsoever, implied or explicit, concerning any third-party merchants or advertisers.
By accessing and utilizing the Site, you acknowledge and agree that your business is not a prohibited or restricted business listed by our payment processor here https://stripe.com/legal/restricted-businesses (“Processor Terms”). You further agree to comply with the Processor Terms in utilizing and accessing the website and making any payments.
5. Copyright Infringement – Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
Our Company respects the intellectual property rights of others and requests that all Users of the Site do the same. Our Company’s Copyright and Trademark Notice is located at: https://onlinemarriage.com/legal/copyright/ and is incorporated herein by reference.
If you believe that your protected creative work is being used on the Site in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, you may notify us by providing our copyright agent in accordance with the information in our Copyright and Trademark Notice.
Our Company reserves the right to remove or terminate, in appropriate circumstances, any account or User for repeated or suspected infringement of intellectual property rights, including copyrights, and we also reserve the right to terminate an account or User for even one instance of infringement.
6. Good Samaritan Content Policy & Complaint Procedures.
a. Policy.
It is the policy of the owners and operators of this Site to not tolerate any acts of intellectual property infringement or violations of U.S. law or to allow for any child pornography or obscene or defamatory material to be posted at this site. We will do our best, in good faith, to purge or otherwise restrict the availability of material that is infringing, racist, sexist, obscene, harassing, or otherwise objectionable. The provisions of this section are intended to implement this policy but are not intended to impose a contractual obligation on us or otherwise impose an affirmative duty upon us to undertake, or refrain from undertaking, any particular course of conduct.
b. Complaint Procedures.
If you believe that someone has posted material at this website which infringes the intellectual property or other rights of third parties or which is in violation of U.S. law or which is racist, sexist, obscene, harassing, defamatory, or otherwise objectionable, or which constitutes child pornography, we ask you to promptly notify us by using our contact form located at https://onlinemarriage.com/contact/
You must use this address if you want to ensure that your complaint is actually received by the appropriate person charged with responding to such communications.
In order to respond as quickly as possible to any complaint, please provide us with as much detail as possible, including:
- the nature of the right infringed or violated (including the registration numbers of any registered copyrights, trademarks or patents allegedly infringed);
- all facts which lead you to believe that a right has been violated or infringed;
- the precise location where the offending material is located;
- any grounds to believe that the person who posted the material was not authorized to do so or did not have a valid defense (including the defense of fair use); and
- if known, the identity of the person or persons who posted the infringing or offending material.
7. Global access issues.
Our Company is based in the state of Maryland and the United States of America and operates the Site therefrom. However, our Site provides access to Users within and outside the United States of America .
By using the Site, you acknowledge that the laws related to marriage vary between jurisdictions, especially between jurisdictions of different countries. You alone are responsible for educating yourself as to the relative marriage laws related to the jurisdiction wherein you intend to be married. Users, Visitors, and Service Providers are respectfully responsible for compliance with applicable laws, wherever you access the Site from.
8. Account Credentials and Safety.
The account registration process may require you to provide personal information. Some of the features available through the Site may only be available to those who are accessing the Site with a registered account, access to which requires logging in with the correct username and password. You alone are responsible for activity conducted through your account and our Company is not liable for any injury that you suffer arising from your failure to protect your account credentials.
The information that you give our Company is protected from unauthorized access by mechanisms that are standard industry practices. Those practices include various security techniques such as firewalls, encryption, and secure socket layers. Unless agreed to otherwise under separate cover, our Company does not guarantee that unauthorized access to your personal information will not occur, because such guarantee is subject to countless factors outside of our control.
9. Privacy.
The Site’s Privacy Policy governs privacy concerns regarding information related to all Users. Our Privacy Policy is located at: https://onlinemarriage.com/legal/privacy/ and is incorporated herein by reference.
Please be aware that information or messages that are communicated directly to other Users outside of our Site are not subject to our Privacy Policy, and it is your responsibility to exercise caution in disseminating your personal information.
10. Forbidden Actions.
It is your responsibility to comply with applicable laws and contractual obligations while using the Site. By using or accessing the Site in any way, you confirm that your use of the Site is subject to the following stipulations and restrictions, and hereby agree that you will not:
a. Create an account representing an identity other than your own or that of a legal person for which you have the requisite authority to act on behalf of;
b. Use https://onlinemarriage.com to further any scheme to violate applicable laws or regulations, or aid or conspire with others to do so;
c. Interfere with or hinder other Users’ abilities to use and enjoy the benefits of the Site;
d. Collect and/or store information from the Site, whether manually or with a software tool, without express written consent from our Company for you to do otherwise;
e. Purposefully and/or intentionally gain unauthorized access to the Site or its associated features and information, through any means;
f. Introduce an imposition of data or information otherwise that would inherently burden, frustrate, or disrupt the infrastructure upon which the Site operates;
g. Use the Site or any information derived therefrom for any unlawful purpose or any purpose that contradicts the spirit or intention of the Terms herein;
h. Engage in spam related to the Site or those who access it;
i. Intentionally disguise the creator or publisher of any information provided on the Site, or to our Company or its representatives; or
j. Conspire to, or direct others to, avoid any requirements, procedures or obligations under this Agreement in bad faith.
Our Company reserves the right to block access to, or suspend or terminate the accounts of, any Users who engage in forbidden actions, or that engage in behavior that demeans or discourages other Users who access or intend to access the Site, regardless of their qualification as a Visitor or a Service Provider.
11. Publishing Content to the Site
You agree that the following content postings and/or actions are prohibited for all Users:
a. Those that may reasonably foreseeably create a risk of injury, whether physical, emotional, or financial, to you or any other person or animal;
b. Those that are intrinsically offensive or defamatory, fraudulent, or in furtherance of harassment, or any other principle related thereto;
c. Those that potentially place liability on our Company;
d. Those that violate, or reasonably foreseeably will result in violation of, any applicable jurisdictional law or regulation;
e. Those that evaluate the vulnerability of the Site, its security measures, or the software or programming upon which it operates;
f. Those that distribute your personal information that you intend to keep private, or that distribute information of others that is intended to be kept private;
g. Those that disseminate information that you, for any reason, are not at liberty to share;
h. Those that advertise or provide quick access to third-parties and/or their products or services;
i. Those that are considered slanderous or defamatory, or that include information related to legal actions involving our Company and/or its representatives;
j. Those that promote goods or services that are not available directly through a Service Provider or other advertiser on the Site;
k. Those that apply harmful computer ware to the Site, its infrastructure, or its features (i.e. software, viruses, worms, etc.);
l. Those that infringe upon other legal persons’ property rights, including intellectual property rights;
m. Those that are illegal or against applicable rules or regulations.
You acknowledge that our Company has the unilateral right to block access to, or suspend or terminate the accounts associated with, any and all Users who violate the aforementioned restrictions (a-m, above).
12. Service Provider Promotions.
Our Company is not involved with the creation, organization, or operation of any contest or other promotional event created or promoted by Service Providers or other Users, and we are not responsible for any such contest or promotional event.
To the extent that our Company participates in such a contest or promotional event in the future, we will provide separate and individualized terms and conditions specifically related thereto.
13. Intellectual Property Ownership.
Our Company is the owner of all intellectual property content that appears in various forms on the Site. Our Company claims ownership of the Site and its features, interface, infrastructure, theme, color combinations, and function under applicable copyright and trademark laws in the United States. For more information, visit our Copyright and Trademark Notice.
You agree that you will not redistribute information, content, or intellectual property that you obtained from the Site in exchange for any sort of benefit, financial or otherwise.
You acknowledge that you have no right to claim, or attempt to claim, a right in, or ownership of, any information or content from the Site.
14. Non-Discrimination Policy.
All are invited and welcome to access the Site and utilize its features. However, our Company does not tolerate discrimination based on an immutable or specific characteristic against other Users of the Site. This policy applies to the refusal to provide or accept goods or services from another User, and to the publishing of information or content, including direct communications, that is offensive and/or discriminatory based on the aforementioned criteria. Our Company reserves the right to block access to, or suspend or terminate those accounts of, any and all Users to which discriminatory behavior is properly attributable. If you experience, or believe that you may have experienced, the kind of discrimination described herein, please contact our support staff using our contact form located at https://onlinemarriage.com/contact/ so that your claim may be investigated. Our Company undertakes no obligation to investigate such claims, or to take any specific action as a result of those claims or our investigations, but we reserve the right to do so at our sole discretion.
15. Features and Amendments.
Our Company is not responsible for the uninterrupted functionality of the features that are normally available through the Site.
We reserve the right to alter or amend the Site and its features and functionality as we see fit, without any warning to you. We also reserve the right to terminate the Site at any time and for any reason. You acknowledge our right to add, remove, or alter features on the Site at any time we see fit, and without any warning to you. You agree that such changes are under our Company’s sole discretion.
You agree that our Company is not liable for any loss or injury that may you may experience as a result of a failure or malfunction with the Site, or any feature thereon. You are responsible for taking your own data-loss protection measures.
Our Company reserves the right to require any Services Provider or other User to sign a separate agreement concerning the use of the Site which may include additional or different terms and conditions.
16. Confidentiality.
To allow for the free exchange of information amongst a small, select group of Users, you agree to treat all communications that take place at this site as confidential and not to disclose, copy or transmit to people who are not otherwise subject to this Agreement any messages, information, or content posted on our Site. You agree and understand that the purpose of this confidentiality provision is to foster an open environment where Users may freely exchange information without fear that specific comments will be quoted or attributed to them outside of the Site – not to create a binding obligation on the part of our Company to protect the confidentiality of information posted here, or to act as insurers or guarantors of, or to accept liability for, the conduct of other Users. You therefore agree and acknowledge that you will not post any information to or from our Site which constitutes a trade secret or which is otherwise so confidential that its disclosure could cause you or others any economic harm.
17. Indemnification, Jurisdiction and Dispute Resolution.
As previously stated, you agree, at your own expense, to defend us and indemnify us against any liability arising out of or relating in any way to alleged acts or omissions by you which, if true, would constitute a violation of one or more terms or provisions of this Agreement.
All disputes arising out of or relating in any way to this Agreement or our ownership, operation or maintenance of this Site shall be resolved exclusively in the appropriate state or federal court where subject matter jurisdiction is otherwise proper in Howard County, Maryland. All such disputes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States and of the State of Maryland as applied to transactions entered into and to be performed wholly within Maryland between Maryland residents.
In the event of any breach of this Agreement, you agree that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, we shall be entitled to obtain preliminary injunctive relief enforcing the terms of this Agreement.
18. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES.
IN ORDER TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE PRIVILEGE OF USING THIS SITE, WE ARE UNABLE TO OFFER ANY WARRANTIES OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT ANY BENEFITS OR OPPORTUNITIES WHICH YOU MAY OBTAIN AT THIS SITE. WE HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT. THIS SITE IS MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU “AS IS,” WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER ABOUT THE NATURE, CONTENT OR ACCURACY (EITHER WHEN POSTED OR AS A RESULT OF THE PASSAGE OF TIME) OF ANY MATERIAL AT THE SITE, AND WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR GUARANTEES. IN ADDITION, WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OR GUARANTEES THAT THIS SITE WILL BE SECURE, ACCESSIBLE CONTINUOUSLY AND WITHOUT INTERRUPTION, OR ERROR FREE. TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU MIGHT OTHERWISE BELIEVE THAT ANY WARRANTIES, GUARANTEES OR REPRESENTATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE TO YOU, YOU HEREBY AGREE THAT SUCH STATEMENTS, WHETHER MADE ORALLY OR IN WRITING, ARE TO BE CONSTRUED AS MERELY NONBINDING EXPRESSIONS OF POLICY RATHER THAN AFFIRMATIVE REPRESENTATIONS, OBLIGATIONS, GUARANTEES OR WARRANTIES. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT BETWEEN THIS SECTION AND OTHER TERMS OR PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT, THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO TAKE PRECEDENCE.
19. Complete Agreement/No Representations.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and us relating to your access to and use of this Site and supersedes any prior or contemporaneous representations or agreements. This Agreement—and only this Agreement—shall govern our legal rights and obligations. Any rights not otherwise expressly granted by this Agreement are reserved by us. This Agreement may not be modified, either expressly or by implication, except as set forth herein. As set forth in this agreement, it is not our intention to make any legal representations or warranties about this Site, either expressly or by implication. The terms of this Agreement are intended to supersede anything else that appears at this Site, now or in the future. So that there is no misunderstanding, by entering into this Agreement you agree that, except as provided in this agreement, nothing posted at this Site or otherwise communicated to you shall in any way supersede, modify, or vary the terms of this Agreement.
20. Construction.
If any portion of this Agreement is ruled invalid or otherwise unenforceable, it shall be deemed amended in order to achieve as closely as possible the same effect as originally drafted. Any invalid or unenforceable portion should be construed as narrowly as possible in order to give effect to as much of the Agreement as possible.
21. Limitation of Liability.
a. IN NO EVENT SHALL OUR CLIENT BE LIABLE TO ANY USER OR TO ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY LOSS OF USE, REVENUE OR PROFIT, OR FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES WHETHER ARISING OUT OF BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH DAMAGES WERE FORESEEABLE AND WHETHER OR NOT OUR COMPANY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND NOTWITHSTANDING THE FAILURE OF ANY AGREED OR OTHER REMEDY OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.
b. IN NO EVENT SHALL OUR COMPANY’S TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE SITE, WHETHER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE, EXCEED THE SUM OF $299.00 USD.
22. Severability.
Should any part of this Agreement be adjudged to be void, unenforceable, or contrary to public policy, only such void or unenforceable portion shall be stricken and eliminated hereof while the other portions remain valid and enforceable.