If I married a man who was already married, is my marriage void?
Question Details: My so-called husband was married to someone else when he married me. We were married 7 years agobut they divorced 5 years ago. Am I still married? Isn't this bigamy?
Brad Micklin / The Micklin Law Group
Answered 9 months ago
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Unfortunately, your marriage would be considered invalid and his actions may be considered bigamy Which is a criminal offense. You would be a will to file for an annulment because there's no automatic process to dissolve the marriage you are currently in. An annulment eliminates or dissolves a marriage as if it never existed and one reason for that would be it the person who married was unable to be married due to a prior marriage.
