By JIM DOUGLAS / WFAA-TV
FORT WORTH, Texas - For those planning to get married anytime soon, prepare to pay a lot more for a license or else spend time in a relationship class.
With the goal of cutting sky-high divorce rates, a new Texas law uses financial pain to push couples into pre-marriage counseling,
While presently buying a license costs $41, that cost will jump to $71 in September.
Texas will soon offer a cash incentive for couples to get pre-marriage counseling. If they take an approved eight-hour class, the state will waive $60 from the license fee. The program is called "Twogether in Texas."
Those overseeing the Twogether in Texas program predict only about 10 percent of couples will take advantage of the program initially. The rest, they said, will pay the higher fees.
The program starts September 1, and the marriage counseling classes are free.
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