Disclaimers: As much as I may want to claim ownership of this famous series, I can't because Harry Potter belongs to a whole lot of different companies that I can't remember the names of at the moment. Any characters that appear in this fic that is not a part of the original series, belong to me so don't take them without asking first.

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Marriage Law Rejection Letters
Letter #80: Original Ministry Letter That Started It All
By: Sakura Lisel
Prequel to: Letter #20
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Dear {Insert Name Here},

Because of the recent war with He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, our once thriving and prosperous wizarding population has been greatly reduced, along with the growing rate of Squibs being born since the end of the war, and needs to be saved before it is too late. By Ministry Decree Article #20995, a mandatory Marriage Law has been implemented to ensure that our society continues on.

If you are receiving this letter, then you are among the still registered available and unmarried witches and wizards between ages seventeen and up that the ministry has selected to take part in the marriage law, where you are required to submit youself to the ministry within a week of receiving your letter, where you will be put through a series of medical tests to confirm if you are compatiable for the law before being assigned to your ministry appointed spouse who will be chosen for you beforehand via a special ritual.

The ministry has decided that everyone must do their part in keeping our great society going in the name of progress so that we do not die out. Another safety measure to ensure that no Squibs are born from the pairings, the ministry shall also implement a special ritual that will match up all couples with their perfect match that will ensure that any children born from the union will have magic, along with monthly checkups on the lucky brides will also be mandatory to keep track of the pregnancies.

All matched couples are required to get married within a month of being paired with each other, and all couples are required to have produced at least two to three, or more, children within the next five years of their marriage to each other, with cheating and illegitimate children will not be tolerated among the couples.

The ministry has decided that in the off chance case that the chosen couples are already otherwise engaged or already married to other people, then we are terribly sorry for the inconvenience to everyone involved, but they are now hereby required to dissolve their current relationship with that person in order to participate in the marriage law, as the relationship is not approved by the ministry, and will be seen as failure to comply with the law if refusal is implied.

The ministry has also decided that one of the members that is matched is already married, the married one is required to dissolve their marriage in order to take part in the Marriage Law. Failure to do so shall send the guilty party and everyone involved to Azkaban for three months, before they will be married to their ministry approved spouse upon release. Any children already conceived or born from the previous relationship will be given over full custody to the other parent or taken into to ministry custody until further notice.

It is detrimental for the continued wellbeing of our society that you comply by any means necessary in order to help ensure our societys future. Aurors shall immediately be sent out to collect anyone who refuses to comply and bring them in to stand trial where they will have the choice to comply with the law, or be sent to Azkaban for three months. Continued failure to comply with the law will face dire consequences. Continued refusal will result in having your wands snapped with your magic sealed, and all knowledge of magic erased from your minds.

Sincerely yours,
Lilith B. Crawford, ESQ.
Head Director of Regulation of Magical Marriages Ministry Department

Author's Notes:
This latest Marriage Law Rejection Letter update was created by me in a fit of inspiration. lol I was bored and decided to finaly do the letter that started the whole Marriage Law Rejection Letter mess. lol