If I found out that I got married 16 days prior to an effective date of termination of marital status from my current wife’s divorce 20 years ago is my arriage legal?
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If I found out that I got married 16 days prior to an effective date of termination of marital status from my current wife’s divorce 20 years ago is my arriage legal?
Asked on November 12, 2012 under Family Law, California
Answers:
Cameron Norris, Esq. / Law Office of Gary W. Norris
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
You would have something rare called a "putative marriage"--wherein both spouses thought in good faith they were married even though the marriage wasn't valid. It is going to make any divorce more complicated...but you and your wife (as putative spouses) will have nearly all the rights and remedies available to a validly married couple.
Best of luck.
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