Don't you need to have proof of marriage to buy a house if you're buying one with your spouse? I suppose they only require a copy, though.
In the case of the dead person, it probably depends on how they died. Were they the only one present, or were there other people with them, like a plane crash or earthquake or something where there might have been a small chance, however remote, of survival? I just saw a story today, on Yahoo, where a boy was pulled out of the rubble in Turkey and the parents had already dug the grave. It had been six days. The headline's probably still up.
Also, I don't mind if related stories are posted out of order, so long as they are labeled properly. I'd probably wait until most of it was posted to read it, though.
