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by jandrewrogers 1223 days ago
Marriage and birth, like most things in an Americans life, are registered with the individual State governments since that power rests with the State. The Federal government has no jurisdiction over those matters and there is no implication that they would know. It becomes even more complicated when things like birth and marriage happen outside the US.

The details of mortgage debt are reported to the IRS on a standard form already.