Valid Marriage = Valid Divorce?????

[Xcowgirl]

I posted this in the state form - but received no feed back.....

My Husband got married in California (1994) - Divorced in Michigan in 1997.

We have been married since 1999. We are in the process of getting the marriage blessed through the catholic church, so he has to get the first marriage annulled.

I did a request from the proper county my husband and the ex were married in, to get a copy of their marriage certificate.

He needs a copy of the marriage certificate and the divorce decree for all the proper paperwork for the church.

Apparently - whom ever married them, never submitted their completed marriage licenses/marriage documents to the county clerk office.

They hired a guy from the paper to preform the wedding service, we are thinking he took the cash and dashed!

I received a certified letter stating that the marriage neve took place.

Were they legally married?

Did they need to get divorced?

What about all the court orders in effect now?

Can we fight the orders, seeing how they were never actully legally married???

HELP - anything.....

[LizaLou1]

Post your message to Soc.  He is the resident legal guru.  Best of luck.

LizaLou

[Xcowgirl]

Still new - and confused on where to post...

[Kitty C.]

The forum titled 'Dear Socrateaser'.  Also, make sure you follow the posting guidelines or he will not respond.