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re: Went to get divorced and found out I wasn’t married

Posted on 5/24/19 at 11:53 pm to
Posted by Fat and Happy
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2013
20235 posts
Posted on 5/24/19 at 11:53 pm to
I can’t believe you got that lucky
Posted by biscuitsngravy
Tejas, north America
Member since Jan 2011
3973 posts
Posted on 5/24/19 at 11:58 pm to
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Posted by Supermoto Tiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2010
10966 posts
Posted on 5/25/19 at 7:14 am to
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was never recorded. No marriage on record means there is nothing to dissolve. Luckily we checked this before we hired a lawyer I guess. ?

On the good luck scale, that's off the charts!
Posted by Barrister
Member since Jul 2012
5349 posts
Posted on 5/25/19 at 7:17 am to
Who told you that absence of a certificate equals never being married? I would check with a lawyer that practices in whatever state you got married. If Louisiana.... well, I have bad news for you....
Posted by UMRealist
Member since Feb 2013
35906 posts
Posted on 5/25/19 at 8:35 am to
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Who told you that absence of a certificate equals never being married? I would check with a lawyer that practices in whatever state you got married. If Louisiana.... well, I have bad news for you....

First the clerk's office and then we double checked with a family attorney.
Posted by danilo
Member since Nov 2008
26306 posts
Posted on 5/25/19 at 8:37 am to
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“Married” 2 years

Well that didn’t last long. How much did the wedding cost?
Posted by UMRealist
Member since Feb 2013
35906 posts
Posted on 5/25/19 at 8:41 am to
too much
Posted by danilo
Member since Nov 2008
26306 posts
Posted on 5/25/19 at 8:51 am to
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too much

Come on Baw! Give us a number
This post was edited on 5/25/19 at 8:52 am
Posted by Barrister
Member since Jul 2012
5349 posts
Posted on 5/25/19 at 12:30 pm to
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First the clerk's office and then we double checked with a family attorney.


Your call.... but, if you were married in Louisiana... you are getting bad advice. Art 87 of the Louisiana Civil Code outlines on 3 things necessary for a contract of marriage : 1) The absence of legal impediment, 2) A marriage ceremony, 3) The free consent of the parties to take each other as husband and wife, expressed at the ceremony.

Failure to file a license is not an automatic nullity.

I’m just sayin..... double check.... and maybe there is some authority that I am not aware of. Divorce can be potentially expensive but not being divorced when you think you are can create a whole different world of crazy problems. Best of luck.
Posted by PhilipMarlowe
Member since Mar 2013
22069 posts
Posted on 5/25/19 at 12:42 pm to
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Married” 2 years


Worth it?
Posted by shallowminded
Member since Nov 2012
3148 posts
Posted on 5/25/19 at 1:08 pm to
Only one thing to do now....











Go run thru all of her friends!
Posted by PiscesTiger
Concrete, WA
Member since Feb 2004
53696 posts
Posted on 5/25/19 at 1:30 pm to
Better chance of being struck by lightning while losing a limb to a great white than this happening.

I am speechless. I am without speech.
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
48568 posts
Posted on 5/25/19 at 2:32 pm to
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Alabama no longer recognizes common law.



Alabama does recognize common law marriages that began prior to 2016. You need to show the following four things.

First, both you and the other person must have the legal right or "capacity to marry."

Second, each person must intend to be married to the other person.

Third, you both must hold yourselves out to family, friends and the community as being married.

Fourth, the marriage must have begun prior to 2017. In January 2017, common law marriages were no longer recognized as valid.

Posted by Oilfieldbiology
Member since Nov 2016
42715 posts
Posted on 5/25/19 at 2:35 pm to
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To be fair guys, this was a very amicable divorce. We weren’t going to sue for alimony or try to ruin each other’s lives. Basically this just saved us some lawyer and filing costs.


Sure
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