Divorce law question?
Thirty years ago we ran away and got married by a Justice of the Peace in Virginia. For reasons to lengthy to go into, a year later we got married again in Maryland in a church. In 1992 we separated and in 1994 we divorced, him doing all the paperwork and stuff. I lived in Maryland, he lived in Virginia. The divorce decree was in Virginia. I want to remarry in Maryland and just got a copy of the divorce certificate. It sites the first Virginia marriage date. Will I still be on record in Maryland as still being married? I don't know what to do.
Answers:
You are divorced. The first marriage date is properly used.
Call your county courthouse and ask. They will be able to give you the correct answer.
You take the divorce decree to the Maryland county courthouse, and have them enter the divorce into their records.
That's the one major benefit that opposite-sex couples have over same-sex couple -- what happens in one state is automatically portable to all other states (including divorce).
You only got "married" once. The second one was a nice party, might have has some religious significances, it had no legal significance.
And your divorce is binding on all states.
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