not2cleverRed
Obvious Observer
You may think that "it should have defaulted to dissolve", but that does not mean that *legally* that is what should have happen; it is unclear, from what you posted, that the judge made a clerical error, which would be the basis of a "nunc pro tunc". It could be that your wife was the sole cause of the error - after all, she did not have a copy of a divorce decree before getting involved with you.What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Missouri
I have a marriage filed and registered in St Louis, MO on June 2, 2010. Several years later it was discovered that my wife had a divorce that was filed and then child custody and court was handled seperately and involved DFS, and ultimately the judge never signed the paper to dissolve, although it should have defaulted to a dissolve. She thought the divorce was final. That was in Washington County, MO. Ultimately my religion/church disciplined me for having an "invalid marriage". They gave me some time to fix it but multiple things caused it to take a long time to rectify. So here I am still at about 16 months of being removed from a good standing and cut off from my religious connections and church. We did everything needed to be properly married, and my wife thought she was divorced. We had several years of filing taxes and had 2 children, and everything else a married couple does. Since then a new divorce was finalized and a new marriage certificate just to cover all the bases. However this did not fix the situation in my "church". I know based on research that in some circumstances and especially in a case like mine sometimes the legal papers can be fixed so that our original June 2, 2010 marriage would be valid. For a fact in other states they allow a "Nunc Pro Tunc", to fix issues exactly like this. Bottom line is I have lots of drama and trouble for our family and issues that have affected our kids and technically 2 children out of wedlock. Can you please research and see what can be done? Also I know that with money almost anything can be fixed in the legal system. So how much money would it take?
If my original wedding date could be validated, then it could ultimately fix multiple issues for my family.
Anyway, a "nunc oro tunc" certainly would not make sense now that she has obtained a subsequent divorce decree.
Yours is not a legal question. You have remedied the legality of your marriage.
Yours is a religious question - how to get you marriage recognized by your church. For this, the only one that could answer this are the leaders in your denomination. Every denomination has their own way of doing things, which is why no one here can give you any useful advice. Clearly, your faith tradition is dear to your heart, so I hope you can find someone within your faith that can clarify what you can do to get back into good standing.