Legal Question in Family Law in Oregon

Divorce?

I found out that I was not actually divorced from my first wife when I married my second wife(now separated). I have found a woman I would like to marry, do I need to file for a divorce from my second wife or is/was that marriage ever even valid?


Asked on 4/28/07, 12:57 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Lawrence D. Gorin, Atty. Law Offices of Lawrence Gorin

Re: Divorce?

QUESTION:

I found out that I was not actually divorced from my first wife when I married my second wife(now separated). I have found a woman I would like to marry, do I need to file for a divorce from my second wife or is/was that marriage ever even valid?

ANSWER:

The second was invalid and unlawful because you were already marriage. To "set the record straight" you now need to marriage #2 annulled. It is a marriage that is "void ab initio," meaning "void from the beginning."

L.D. Gorin

Attorney at Law

503.224.8884

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Answered on 4/28/07, 1:59 am


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