"On the day of her wedding, Janie Coppola, 30, overslept. She woke up to a friend banging on her bedroom window, and had to quickly do her hair before rushing to the venue, a dreamy castle in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Fortunately, the rest of the day went smoothly, and on the afternoon of 18 October, she walked down the aisle in a big white dress to be wed to her husband. And her wife."
"The wedding was ceremonial, says Margaret, a marketing director and owner of Margaret French Presents, a company that hosts creative escapes. We can't get legally married. That would be bigamy, she adds. (Bigamy, or being married to multiple people at the same time, is illegal in all 50 states.) She, Janie, and their husband, Cody Coppola, 36, have been together since 2016. Cody, a sales rep, and Margaret got legally married in 2018, mostly for insurance purposes."
"Janie, a communications manager, is not technically married to either of them, but all three refer to each other as spouses. They also worked with a legal expert to pull together documents that would allow them to get as close as you can get to legally married without being legally married, Margaret explains. These include wills, life insurance and power of attorney. The throuple co-owns a house in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Janie is in the process of legally taking Cody's last name."
Janie Coppola, 30, Margaret French, 32, and Cody Coppola, 36, have been together since 2016 and live as a committed throuple in Chattanooga, Tennessee. A ceremonial wedding on October 18 at a castle celebrated their relationship despite legal limits on multiple simultaneous marriages. Cody and Margaret obtained a legal marriage in 2018 primarily for insurance; Janie is not legally married to either partner. The three prepared wills, life insurance designations, and powers of attorney to approximate marital protections. The couple co-owns a house, refers to each other as spouses, and prioritized a large public ceremony to affirm their commitment.
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