Legal Question in Family Law in California

She may. The Family Code recognizes what is called a "putative marriage" in some cases of a void marriage. Whether she really has a case or not is not something that can be evaluated in an internet Q&A format. There are WAY too many details that go into the analysis. He really needs to sit down with an attorney who has handled these kinds of invalid marriages and go over every detail to figure out where he stands. Co-incidentally I have just wrapped up one of these "divorce not final" cases in Solano County. So if his zip code is the same or close to your's, or he is anywhere in the greater San Francisco to Sacramento area, I'd be happy to give him a discounted initial consultation in my Walnut Creek office or one of my other conference facilities in the area.

I agree with Mr. McCormick. There are many legal issues presented here, one of which that I can see is whether or not the wife was a putative spouse, or whether this was waived by failing to raise the issue in the annulment.