Addressing parents invitation

In retirement, "rank" is retained. For all intents and purposes, I should hae addressed FFIL as "Master Chief Father Cheetah"

But I didn't even think about it :-/

So yes, it would be "The Honorable Father Chanel" and your mom would be Ms. Not to be confused with Miss(which is a never marrie female). Ms. Is pronounced Miz...so she'd be Ms. Mother Chanel

:-)

ETA-I had FFIL's rank wrong! Whoops!

I believe it's once a judge always a judge....

Outer envelope: The Honorable and Mrs. Joe Smith

Inner envelope: Judge and Mrs. Smith

That's for married judge

Thank you for your feedback. Right now this is how I have my invite wording (I am only showing part of the invite):

Ms. Shelly last name

And

The Honorable George last name

Request the honour of your presence

At the wedding of their daughter

first & last name

To

first & last name

Saturday, the twenty third of August

Two thousand and fourteen

At fifteen past three o’clock in the afternoon

Would this be the right way to address my parents with my dad's title?

Sorry I misunderstood the question...But I think his name would go first. It's the same way addressing them...It would be The Honorable and Mrs. Joe Smith Request the Honour of Your Presence........

Hi Aftan,

I forgot to mention that my parents are divorced. Would I mention my dad first and then my mom?

Yeah that makes a big difference. I want to say his name would go first and then moms name: the honorable joe smith and mrs. Shelly smith maybe? I bet I could figure it out...I'll get back to you after some research...thank you for giving me something wedding related to do...I'm stuck in a time warp right now with mine lol

Are your parents remarried? You might consider adding their spouses as well.

I do believe you have it the right way - each of them on their own line with your Dad retaining his title. It is customary to put the father first even if the parents are divorced, so I would switch the order.

Your father would go first. I believe the man always goes first, but his title also outranks your mom. Other than that it looks good with them being on two separate lines.

You could ask your Dad what he wants to be called. my dad has a doctorate but he would fall over if anyone ever addressed him as Dr. meanwhile HIS dad has a doctorate and actually corrects people if they don't address him properly.

i know it's not the same, but in the military you have to get to a certain rank for a certain amount of time to have that title for life. stuff like that can get complicated, so i'd personally rather just ask than assume!

My step father pretty much raised me and is a retired judge. I will be putting my biological father on invite so it will be my mom and her husband (retired judge) and my dad. I don't know if this matters but mom and step dad paying for all and dad is not paying for anything. How should the invite be worded?