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Meredith Baxter and her longtime partner Nancy Locke are about to get married. According to TMZ, the former “Family Ties” star who played the mom Elyse on the โ€™80s sitcom and Nancy just got their marriage license from a Beverly Hills courthouse on Friday. Once a marriage license is applied for in the state of California, a couple has 90 days to officially wed. Learn more about how to get married in California.

Sources for TMZ say the invitations have already been sent out. We havenโ€™t gotten ours yet, but weโ€™ll keep checking our inbox.

Congrats, ladies! We sure are glad gays and lesbians can legally marry in California again. 

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