<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Mary Mungy:
My marriage license was lost and never sent to the Hall of Records. The Registrar did a search and have no record of my marriage. Am I free to marry again? (I hope so)<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
My response:
This happens quite frequently, believe it or not. And, to answer your question, no you are not free to marry at this point because you are currently married. Why? Well, a couple of reasons:
1. There were witnesses who can verify that you were married. Should any one of them testify in a divorce proceeding, and the court could not find an order of divorce on file, guess what? Criminal Bigamy, that's what;
2. The law specifies that the person who performs the service is the one responsible for filing the marriage certificate, not you. So, that's a problem between that person and the State, which has no effect on you and your state of marriage.
You better get a divorce, first.
IAAL
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[This message has been edited by I AM ALWAYS LIABLE (edited July 28, 2000).]
