Quick Question

[Tamikuti7 0]

I was unable to answer this question when my friend asked, so I thought I would come here and ask you guys. If you are married outside of the US, and your spouse is still a non-citizen, do you have to divorce in the country that you were married in, or can you file in the US? Thanks.

[Ladylethal 12]

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If you're married, well, you're married, if you marry in the US again you're committing bigamy.

[Penguin_ie 5,998]

Usually, you can divorce in either country, as long as one of the couple is legally resident there.

[Ladylethal 12]

Aaaaah, he meant to ask if they can file for divorce in the USA, the OP confused the heck out of me.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

But if a redneck divorces his wife, is she still his sister?

[one...two...tree 2,762]

  WHAT_DA_????? said:

I was unable to answer this question when my friend asked, so I thought I would come here and ask you guys. If you are married outside of the US, and your spouse is still a non-citizen, do you have to divorce in the country that you were married in, or can you file in the US? Thanks.

Good question. I'm thinking that the marriage would still be recognized by U.S. laws (because it involves you, a USC), so my hunch is that there is a way to go through the U.S. legal system to consider the marriage null and void, even if you don't file for divorce through the country of origin.

I'd recommend doing some online search. I'll see if I can find anything.

[mRx 16]

  spookyturtle said:

But if a redneck divorces his wife, is she still his sister?

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Ah, ok. To the OP, you can file for a legal uncontested divorce through your state of residence. It's should be relatively easy.

[Tamikuti7 0]

  Col. 'Bat' Guano said:

Ah, ok. To the OP, you can file for a legal uncontested divorce through your state of residence. It's should be relatively easy.

Thank a million! I appreciate you researching the answer for me.

For some reason I just couldn't nail down anything solid enough to pass along. Thanks again.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

  WHAT_DA_????? said:

  Col. 'Bat' Guano said:

Ah, ok. To the OP, you can file for a legal uncontested divorce through your state of residence. It's should be relatively easy.

Thank a million! I appreciate you researching the answer for me.

For some reason I just couldn't nail down anything solid enough to pass along. Thanks again.

YW.

[mawilson 2,133]

  Ladylethal said:

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If you're married, well, you're married, if you marry in the US again you're committing bigamy.

I'm pretty sure bigamy is marrying *someone else* while you're still married.

But, yes, foreign marriages are recognized in the US, so no need.