Short answer. Yes. Applicants aged 21 to 25 must attach a sworn statement to their marriage license application, and the law is explicit: should the parents or guardian refuse to give any advice, this fact shall be stated in the sworn statement — a refusal does not excuse you from filing it.
What the law says
Should the parents or guardian refuse to give any advice, this fact shall be stated in the sworn statement
Family Code, Article 15 — Parental Advice for Applicants Aged 21 to 25. Read the full provision →
Who this requirement applies to
The obligation attaches to any contracting party between the age of twenty-one and twenty-five. At that age, you are required to ask your parents or guardian for advice on the intended marriage — the duty is only to seek the advice, not to obtain their formal approval or consent, which is a separate, considerably stricter requirement that applies instead to younger applicants who fall below this particular age band and have not yet reached twenty-one.
The sworn statement is required regardless of outcome
A sworn statement by the contracting parties, stating that advice was sought, must be attached to the marriage license application together with the written advice given, if any. Notice the phrase if any — the rule already anticipates that no written advice might actually be given at all, and it still expressly requires the sworn statement itself to be filed together with the application, regardless of whatever the outcome of seeking that advice actually turned out to be.
Refusal has its own specific instruction
The provision does not simply leave a refusal unaddressed or ignored. It states directly that if the parents or guardian refuse to give any advice, this fact shall be stated in the sworn statement. Rather than exempting you from the paperwork, a plain, straightforward refusal becomes the very content of what the sworn statement attached to your application is required to honestly and accurately say to whoever reviews it.
What happens if advice is not sought or is unfavorable
There is also a separate consequence tied to the advice itself, not just the sworn statement: if you do not obtain advice, or if the advice given is unfavorable, the marriage license shall not be issued till after three months following the completion of the publication of the application. A parental refusal to give advice can therefore trigger this waiting period in addition to, and entirely separately from, the sworn-statement requirement described above. Both of these requirements bind the applicant, not the parents themselves — your own parents face no legal consequence at all for simply declining to give advice.