Legal Question in Family Law in Nevada
What do I do Divorce or Annullment
I was married in Nevada in 1988 and I am currently planning to get married. I was only married two days and left my husband, how do I either divorce him or get my marriage annulled. I do not know his whereabouts.
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: What do I do Divorce or Annullment
The Nevada Legislature has developed a great basic research
site covering all of the statutes and administrative regulations,
including references to Nevada Supreme Court decisions related
thereto, available at:
http://www.leg.state.nv.us
You may want to look into the chapters on Dissolution of Marriage
on this site. In this regard, I invite your attention to NRS Chapter 125,
which is found at:
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-125.html
There may be other laws affecting your ability to resolve a divorce,
support or custody problem, which is necessarily beyond the scope
of this reply.
I charge $200.00 per hour for consultation, document review, case
analysis, advice, suggesting and recommending alternatives, legal drafting, telephone calls,
legal research and prosecuting or defending divorce, annulment, separate maintenance,
support and custody actions when a client hires me.
The Nevada State Bar provides this general information online
regarding lawyer fees:
http://www.nvbar.org/publicServices/pamphlets/LawyersCharge.pdf
If I do not hear back from you by Friday, June 15, 2001, I will assume
that you have answered your questions to your own satisfaction,
hired another lawyer, or decided against pursuing the matter.
I hope this is of assistance to you.
Re: What do I do Divorce or Annullment
You don't have to know where he is, you can file for divorce in the state where you are living and serve him the papers by certified mail to his last known address. If that doesn't work you can serve him by publishing an ad in the newspaper. Your divorce will be valid even if he never sees the newspaper notice.
I noticed you also selected Maryland attoneys to answer your question. If you have lived in Maryland for at least one year then you can file in Maryland. That makes it a lot easier on you because you won't have to travel back to Nevada for a court hearing.
If you have any questions, just give me a call at 301-652-0663.