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Gary Dockendorff, Commissioner, Justice of the Peace

Your wedding is a special event that should reflect your love and feelings for each other, and your own unique style, I offer you the flexibility of planning your wedding the way you wish.

Couples who want to personalize their wedding ceremony to focus on the love that unites them, may choose to write their own vows to convey their feelings for each other or may combine the traditional exchange of vows and rings with modern dedications of love and commitment. Whatever you choose depends upon what suits your personalities in expressing your love and promises to one another.

Whether it be a simple personal wedding ceremony with just witnesses, a rose ceremony or unity candle ceremony, an elegant wedding or renewal of wedding vows, you can be assured that your day will be one you will remember. My goal is to support you and guide you through your wedding day so that it is enjoyable, memorable, and everything that you hoped it would be.

For those blending families through marriage, special attention can be given to involving both kin and any children. I believe it is very important if children are coming into the marriage that they be recognized or participate in some part of the wedding ceremony itself.

Every ceremony is customized to each couple for a truly personal wedding and each couple receives a personalized printed booklet of their ceremony. It is my suggestion that they read their ceremony every anniversary, at the very least, to help remember the love they are celebrating and the path that led them to each other.

The choice of location is yours within the Province of Nova Scotia. You are free to choose any location to hold your wedding ceremony. The possibilities are endless, limited only by your imagination. Whether it be on a ship, resort, golf club or hotel, outdoors, at the beach or a public park, or an at home wedding or under the wide-open starry skies.

Eloping is great for couples that value experience over a big wedding or would rather put their money toward something that is more important. Most couples that choose to elope crave a day that reflects their relationship. They are couples that value a true experience they can remember forever. So, if you are planning an out of country wedding and want to take care of the legal paperwork in advance, if you need a marriage certificate for legal reasons, or if you just want to be legally married in a brief ceremony in front of two witnesses ( and yes, we can provide the witnesses and location).

1981 - Appointed Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia

1987 - Appointed Justice of the Peace for the Province of Nova Scotia

Gary has been an Arbitrator with the Better Business Bureau since 1984 and a CAMVAP Arbitrator since its inception in 1994.

Admitted to Arbitration and Mediation Institute of Ontario and the Family Mediation of Canada in 1991

Awards and Recognitions:

Province of Nova Scotia Human Rights Award

Solicitor General of Canada Crime Prevention Award

Canada Volunteer Award Certificate of Merit

Nova Scotia Community Service Award

Public Legal Education Certificate of Appreciation

Better Business Bureau Certificate of Appreciation

Air Canada Heart of Gold Award

Canadian Bar Association Public Legal Education Award

John Howard Society Certificate of Appreciation

Volunteers in Correction Certificate of Appreciation

Youth Alternative Society Certificate of Appreciation

Canada Volunteer Income Tax Program Certificate of Appreciation

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Email: garydockendorff@yahoo.ca