Marriage

Marriage is a legally binding contract that says two people stays together until their death. Many people have a celebration at the start of their marriage known as a wedding. The end of a marriage is known as divorce. Two people planning to be married in the near future as known as engaged.

Often the female takes on the surname of the male during marriage, however this is not always the case (such as Nymphadora Tonks and Remus Lupin, and Minerva McGonagall and Elphinstone Urquart).

In the wizarding world, many couple have been married, such as Arthur Weasley and Molly Prewett and James Potter and Lily Evans.

Known Marriages

 * James Potter and Lily Evans
 * Arthur Weasley and Molly Prewett
 * Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks
 * Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley
 * Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger
 * Neville Longbottom and Hannah Abbott
 * Draco Malfoy and Astoria Greengrass
 * Elphinstone Urquart and Minerva McGonagall
 * Rolf Scamander and Luna Lovegood
 * George Weasley and Angelina Johnson
 * Robert McGonagall Sr. and Isobel Ross
 * James Potter's father and mother
 * Percy Weasley and Audrey Weasley

Marriage laws in the Wizarding World
There is no note of any divorce in the Wizarding World, so it's legal status is unknown. J. K. Rowling stated that homosexual relationships do not suffer as much discrimination in the Wizarding World as in the Muggle world, so it is possible that same-sex marriage is legal, however this has not been confirmed.