--- description: ABC is footing the bill for New York city couples looking to get married at City Hall as the network hypes the upcoming Modern Family nuptials title: Modern Family: ABC Covering Marriage Licenses in New York image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Modern Family_ Will Pay For Your Marriage License  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 12, 2014 4:08 PM CUT  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 12, 2014 4:08 PM CUT Nothing says “modern family” quite like having a television network pay for your marriage license while it promotes a fictional wedding of its own. ABC, which airs the hit show _Modern Family_, is covering the costs of all marriage licenses in New York City on Monday to plug the two-part season finale, which will feature Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) and Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) tying the knot. The actors took to _Good Morning America_ to announce details of the promotion, which you can track online with the hashtag #ModernWedding. Rarely do publicity stunts generate such warm, fuzzy feelings. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/96187/modern-family-weddings/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/96187/modern-family-weddings/"},"headline":"Modern Family Will Pay For Your Marriage License","datePublished":"2014-05-12T16:08:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:47:08.957Z","description":"ABC is footing the bill for New York city couples looking to get married at City Hall as the network hypes its upcoming Modern Family nuptials","url":"https://time.com/96187/modern-family-weddings/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/96187/modern-family-weddings/","name":"Modern Family Will Pay For Your Marriage License"}}]}] ```