Ceremony Seating - Divorced parents

Honestly I would do whoever he is closest with or whose help paying gets the front row. My parents are divorced. I'm extremely close with my father. My dad, step-mom and my grandparents are paying for the majority of my wedding and they will sit in the front row. My mother who I don't have the best relationship with will sit in the second row with my aunt and my uncle. Both my mom and my step mom will be in the ceremony however my dad and my mom do not get along. They will keep the peace for that day because it's both important to them however they do not want to sit next to each other so the next best thing is one sits in the front row and one sits in the second. Good luck to you.

I am just dropping in to say that I'm obsessed with your ceremony space.

I agree with Annie, find out who he's closer to. If everything is equal (who he's close to, who contributed financially etc) then I would say seat his mother in front. I feel like mothers tend to be more emotionally invested in weddings if that makes sense at all (and I know, every family situation is different and may not be the case)

What a beautiful ceremony set up <3!!!!!!

I'd go to the mom and ask her if she'd rather sit in the front row or the second row. If she's the one that may make a fuss, ask her what she wants to do. Either way she will be directly in front of or directly behind her ex husband. She's not going to be able to avoid him. At least if she makes the decision she knows what to expect.

Good luck.

I also agree with Annie.

This is a tough situation though. I am thankful that Df's parents get along. They agreed to sit wherever I put them. They will be sitting next to each other because we want our parents to sit together with each other

My MIL and DH walked each other down the aisle, then she sat in the front. Could y'all do something like that? Not sure how close he is to his mom.

I'm putting my mom and step dad and my moms side of the family at one table and my dad and his side of the family at another

ETA: I'm such an asshat I didn't read your paragraph. Sorry. My step dad awkwardly is actually a groomsman my mom will walk down with who ever and she will have to sit next to my dad. Oh well

For the ceremony: have reserved groups of seats and let them figure it out.

Ive never been to a wedding where there were assigned seats for the ceremony.

My parents hate each other (my mother has openly said that if my dad was on fire she wouldn't piss on him) and they were able to sit next to each other in the front row at my sister's wedding perfectly fine. I think you should sit the parents in the front row. They should be able to be adult enough to be able to sit next to each other for their son's 30 minute wedding ceremony.