It occurred to me afterwards: if she wanted to remarry, having a piece of paper getting rid of her existing marriage is easier than asking the celebrant to draw a conclusion of law. Doug. Phil Doherty wrote: > Thank you Doug for that clear answer. > Philomena > > > "Doug Laidlaw" <[email protected]> wrote in message > news:[email protected] >> Phil Doherty wrote: >> >>> Could someone please help with a question re Divorce ? >>> >>> Would a lady need to apply for a divorce if her husband had committed >>> bigamy?. >>> Family history says it was a bigamous marriage.If it was were they >>> married >>> in the eyes of the law >>> >>> Yesterday looking on Trove I notice she petitioned on the grounds of >>> desertion and >>> adultery . And was granted a decree nisi with cost. >>> >>> Thank you in anticipation of a reply >>> Philomena >> >> A bigamous marriage is a nullity. The lady would not need to apply for a >> divorce, but she would have been wise to get a decree of nullity before >> remarrying, just in case husband's first marriage was invalid. Then the >> impediment to the second marriage disappears, and she is hitched after >> all. >> >> If she applied for nullity and divorce at the same time, they deal with >> the >> nullity first. If there is no valid marriage, it doesn't need to be >> dissolved. But if she applied for divorce only, the validity of the >> marriage would have been assumed. >> >> HTH, >> >> Doug.

On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 00:15:42 +1100, Doug Laidlaw <[email protected]> wrote: >It occurred to me afterwards: if she wanted to remarry, having a piece of >paper getting rid of her existing marriage is easier than asking the >celebrant to draw a conclusion of law. > I wonder if they had an agreement that he'd pay for the divorce as long as she never mentioned officially that he'd married her bigamously? As long a she didn't file a complaint, he could avoid legal consequences? -Ron

. Thank you for your help Ron Philomena "Ron Bass" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 00:15:42 +1100, Doug Laidlaw > <[email protected]> wrote: > >>It occurred to me afterwards: if she wanted to remarry, having a piece of >>paper getting rid of her existing marriage is easier than asking the >>celebrant to draw a conclusion of law. >> > > I wonder if they had an agreement that he'd pay for the divorce as > long as she never mentioned officially that he'd married her > bigamously? As long a she didn't file a complaint, he could avoid > legal consequences? > > -Ron