If a woman divorced in the 1990s and then remarried, what should her status be on the new marriage cert, if the woman went back to her maiden name and 'Miss' status?
Unconfigured Ad Widget
Collapse
Announcement
Collapse
No announcement yet.
Query re divorce
Collapse
X
-
Hi Tracy, just checked my marriage cert, 1994 & condition is 'divorced'.
The only indication that the name I married in was not my previous married name is my fathers name.
I had a specific reason for not wanting my married name on the cert, it was the same as his first wifes maiden name! :( No relation though.:DVivienne passed away July 2013
-
So, would annullment be indicated by "previous marriage dissolved"?Gillian
User page: http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/...ustGillian-117
Comment
-
Originally posted by KiteRunner View PostI think they have very very recently changed the rules so that it will just say "single" but I'm not sure if it has taken effect yet.Judith passed away in October 2018
Comment
-
Thanks Merry.
I knew that from a religious standpoint it would be considered that the marriage had never taken place, but wasn't sure what the legal view would be.Gillian
User page: http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/...ustGillian-117
Comment
-
An annulled marriage is one which never took place in the eyes of the church and the state. There is no event to record. You go back to your previous state, widow or single or legally divorced from a marriage previous to the annulment.
But as with all certs - they only record what someone told the registrar, which is not necessarily the truth.
OC
Comment
-
I can't imagine that if you are divorced it would record anything other than "divorced" on the marriage cert, regardless of what surname you use at the time, unless you weren't being truthful.
How else could they compile all those stats about the number of divorced people who remarry etc.?~ with love from Little Nell~Chowns, Dunt, Emms, Mealing, Purvey & Smoothy
Comment
Comment