Legal Question in Family Law in Connecticut

illegal marriage

If a foreign Woman A marries U.S. Man A in the U.S. while she is still married in another country then gets divorced to her foreign husband afterwards (the INS does not know this) then Man A dies... then Woman A marries Man B... IS HER MARRIAGE TO MAN B LEGAL or IS IT VOIDED?


Asked on 7/11/07, 10:14 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

John Heffernan Heffernan Legal Group, LLP

Re: illegal marriage

It depends on the states and countries involved, because they have different rules, but probably the marriage to man B is valid, now that man A is dead and the first marriage ended in divorce.

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Answered on 7/11/07, 2:14 pm


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