you were absolutely right
I've now consulted with two different NYC firms and they both confirm what you said in the beginning.
The first marriage is void ab initio and the divorce is valid regardless.
My fiancee is slightly in shock as this has been hanging over us a year but it's good...
Thank you.
I'm talking to an NYC law firm now and their first impression is that the first marriage is "void ab initio" and that the divorce applies to the second marriage regardless. They're contacting a divorce clerk in NYC to make sure that's in fact the case.
I'll keep you up to date...
Thank you so much for replying so often to this thread. I really do appreciate it very much.
So to be absolutely sure that I read you correctly may I phrase it this way.
The first marriage was bigamous so the only valid marriage is the second. Being a valid marriage, the divorce...
It's even more complicated! It's bigamy!
This just got a lot more complicated so please bear with me, even though I hope you'll find the details interesting.
My fiancee has discovered the REAL reason her ex-husband was so keen to have a proper wedding with her the second time wasn't just to...
I've seen the divorce certificate so I know it happened. I didn't think to check whether it referred to any particular marriage.
Clearly I'm asking because I've had my suspicions from the first.
Your answer makes sense to me but I need to be sure this isn't some aberration of US law or...
This took me by surprise.
I am about to marry a woman whom I thought was divorced. Lately she discovered that she is still married even though she divorced properly.
Confused? So am I!
My fiancee married a man who turned out to be abusive and she left him. No divorce, she just left...