Separated Parents

When the bride's parents are legally separated, they may issue their daughter's wedding invitations together. Their names may appear on separate lines with the name of the bride's mother on the first line and the bride's father's name on the second line. The word "and" is not used to join their names. The bride's mother properly uses her married name, which is "Mrs.," followed by her husband's name. If she does not want to use "Mrs.," she can use her first, maiden, and last names without a title. This wording, however, is not proper and is, therefore, less formal. It also requires the dropping of all other titles on the invitation in order to keep the rest of the invitation uniform.

The bride's parents may also, when legally separated but not divorced, issue their daughter's wedding invitation together as "Mr. and Mrs."