Is a divorce and the judgements accompanying it valid when the marriage record does not exist?
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Is a divorce and the judgements accompanying it valid when the marriage record does not exist?
After a divorce was finalized it was discovered that the marriage was never legally registered in the county or state?
Asked on December 28, 2012 under Family Law, Utah
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
Under the laws of all states in this country, based upon what you have written about the facts of the matter, the marital dissolution decree controls the issues of the marriage regardless of the marriage was never legally registered in any county or state by the filing of the signed marriage license by the person who officiated at the ceremony.
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