Am I legally married? Help!!

[curiousgeorgette]

I was married in Las Vegas Nevada, I live in Oregon. I found out my husband had never divorced his first wife (he is lazy, not a scheister) I do know that my marriage would be null and void if we were married in Oregon BUT, we were married in Las Vegas and I can't seem to find anyone who can answer definitively if my marriage is null and void according to Nevada laws.
I ask because filing for divorce is spendy and I'm a single mother, I would like to save the money for a more worthwhile cause, like food for my kids. But I am adamant about being legal. What if I would like to marry my boyfriend someday? Would I be committing bigamy?
Thank you!!

[BelizeBreeze]

Originally Posted by curiousgeorgette

I was married in Las Vegas Nevada, I live in Oregon. I found out my husband had never divorced his first wife (he is lazy, not a scheister) I do know that my marriage would be null and void if we were married in Oregon BUT, we were married in Las Vegas and I can't seem to find anyone who can answer definitively if my marriage is null and void according to Nevada laws.
I ask because filing for divorce is spendy and I'm a single mother, I would like to save the money for a more worthwhile cause, like food for my kids. But I am adamant about being legal. What if I would like to marry my boyfriend someday? Would I be committing bigamy?
Thank you!!

YOU Would be committing bigamy until such time as you have the Vegas marriage voided.

[CJane]

Would annulment be an option?

An annulment is sought in order to nullify the marriage and disavow its existence, returning the parties to their prior single status, as if they never married. Annulments are rare and are only granted in situations where there was some legal defect at the time of marriage that makes it invalid. Even if the marriage was not valid from the beginning, the court still has the power to divide the property, enter a parenting plan for children, and make financial orders.

[BelizeBreeze]

Originally Posted by CJane

Would annulment be an option?

Anullment is the option since the marriage was based on fraud.

[firewife]

if you dont have children or own any property together you or he can get the paperwork and file the divorce. its very ez and inexpensive. you can get the proper forms from your local courthouse and maybe even on-line.

[curiousgeorgette]

I already have the divorce papers. I ordered them online, spent the $85 to have them prepared and do not want to cough up the $400 filing fee if I don't have to. I'm a single mother of three that really doesn't have the cash to spare.
Like I said, I was told that if we had been married in Oregon, there would be no problem, our marriage would be null and void. I just need someone familiar with Nevada law (I have found all the statutes online regarding this but even my lawyer says the way it is worded sounds bizarre) We have no property together, no kids, no bills, we have been split up for 3 years, I just want to know, according to Nevada law, is my marriage void?

[HomeGuru]

Originally Posted by curiousgeorgette

I already have the divorce papers. I ordered them online, spent the $85 to have them prepared and do not want to cough up the $400 filing fee if I don't have to. I'm a single mother of three that really doesn't have the cash to spare.
Like I said, I was told that if we had been married in Oregon, there would be no problem, our marriage would be null and void. I just need someone familiar with Nevada law (I have found all the statutes online regarding this but even my lawyer says the way it is worded sounds bizarre) We have no property together, no kids, no bills, we have been split up for 3 years, I just want to know, according to Nevada law, is my marriage void?

**A: your marriage is null and void regardless. It does not matter what state you got married in since you marriage would not be legal in any of the 50 states because he was already married.

[firewife]

check out this site about Nevadas Marriage laws i think it will answer you rquestions [url]http://leg.state.nv.us/nrs/nrs%2D125.html[/url]

[firewife]

ANNULMENT

NRS 125.290 Void marriages. All marriages which are prohibited by law because of:

1. Consanguinity between the parties; or

2. Either of the parties having a former husband or wife then living, if solemnized within this State,

Ê are void without any decree of divorce or annulment or other legal proceedings. A marriage void under this section shall not bar prosecution for the crime of bigamy pursuant to NRS 201.160.

[18:33:1861; B § 211; BH § 487; C § 498; RL § 2354; NCL § 4066]—(NRS A 1959, 195; 1967, 531; 1973, 201)

NRS 125.300 Voidable marriages: Causes for annulment. A marriage may be annulled for any of the causes provided in NRS 125.320 to 125.350, inclusive.

[Part 1:147:1931; A 1951, 58]—(NRS A 1959, 196)