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« on: Thursday 12 December 19 10:37 GMT (UK) »
If someone has been married 3 times but never divorced his 1st wife are the other 2. Marriages legal.

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Re: Divorce
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 12 December 19 10:41 GMT (UK) »
If the 1st wife is still alive when other marriages take place and there's no divorce or annulment then the other marriages are bigamous and not legal.
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« Reply #2 on: Thursday 12 December 19 11:08 GMT (UK) »
What time period were these events? Bigamy was more common than you might expect because it was very difficult to obtain a divorce.
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Re: Divorce
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 12 December 19 11:35 GMT (UK) »
Thank you for answering 1st marriage 1939 no divorce 2nd marriage 1948 divorce 3rd marriage 1958


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Re: Divorce
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 12 December 19 11:40 GMT (UK) »
Bigamy is a criminal offence and if caught the offender can be sentenced to a term in jail.

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Re: Divorce
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 12 December 19 12:33 GMT (UK) »
Was 1st wife deceased when he married wife no. 3, it would be legal then?

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Re: Divorce
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 12 December 19 12:35 GMT (UK) »
How do you know he did not actually divorce the first two?
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Re: Divorce
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 12 December 19 13:39 GMT (UK) »
His  1st wife was alive at the time of the other 2 marriages.
I know all this Ashe was my uncle and all 4 people are dead by 1980

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Re: Divorce
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 12 December 19 13:43 GMT (UK) »
He was my uncle all 4 are now dead.