Legal Question in Family Law in Syrian Arab Republic
Divorce
I am syrian citizen live in the US on green card( permenant resident) currently in syria getting married from Syrian female now in syria under syrian laws which assign certain amount of money to the woman in case divorce happen later on in life, and does't allow woman to share 50% of husband asset as it does in the USA, and my question if the marriage happen in syria according to syrian law but the wife moved to the USA later and we decided 2-3 years from now while living in the USA to get divorced , does US law apply to our marriage because we are going to live in the USA or not given the fact that marriage happen in syria and accroding ot our marriage certificate it decided that the woman only would assign certian amount of money after divorce, please advice me what I should do to keep our marriage accroding to syrian laws totally, I do't want US law to apply to my marriage and if it will , do u think I should make the wife sign Prenup agreement , thank you
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Divorce
You have no worries should a divorce happen at anytime in the future, as only the laws under which the marriage took place will apply wherever you are resident; as it's a common rule in International Law...Which means in your case that only the Syrian laws will take effect.
However, just as a reminder since you are still on green card & not yet a US citizen; I am to assume that you are still married to an American wife who granted you your green card-if you got it by marriage-if so, your second marriage(to the Syrian wife)will not be considered valid according to US laws as it's a monogamous system= doesn't allow multiple marriages at a time! If that is the case, you better be very careful as this will be enough reason for your American wife to get her divorce with full rights effected & for your green card to be annulled !
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