(3)__The signatures of both parties witnessed by a notary.__If one or both of the parties are minors, the written consent or authorization of those persons required under section 652 to consent to or authorize the marriage of minors.

2.__Contents of declaration of intent.__The declaration of intent must contain 2 separate documents, the recitation and the affidavit, including the attestation within the affidavit or attached to the affidavit.__The parties shall prepare the recitation in duplicate originals, one of which the parties shall retain and the other, together with the affidavit and attestation, the parties shall file as provided in section 671, subsection 2.

§673.__Covenant marriage; applicability to already married couples

1.__Already married couples.__On or after January 1, 2000, a married couple may execute a declaration of intent to designate their marriage as a covenant marriage to be governed by this subchapter.

2.__Filing with clerk of municipality.__The declaration of intent in the form and containing the contents required by subsection 3 must be presented to the clerk of the municipality who issued the couple's marriage license and with whom the couple's marriage certificate is filed.__For a couple whose marriage was solemnized outside this State, a copy of the marriage certificate, with the declaration of intent attached, must be filed with the clerk of the municipality in which the couple is domiciled.__The clerk shall make a notation of the declaration of intent of a covenant marriage on the marriage certificate and attach a copy of the declaration to the certificate.

Within 15 days of receiving a declaration of intent as provided in subsection 3, the municipal clerk shall forward to the State Registrar of Vital Statistics the declaration of intent of a covenant marriage filed pursuant to this section.

3.__Declaration of intent.__A declaration of intent to designate a marriage as a covenant marriage must contain the following.

A.__A recitation by the parties to the following effect: