wrks4me's Blog

I love this whole research thing that I've been doing.

After thinking long and hard about the post my Ex made last week and the comment about my first marriage being in question as far as the divorce. So I started talking to my first husband about it, and he reassured me once again that we were in fact legally divorced. Just like he had when I wanted to get married to my second husband.

I mean after all, my first husband had  already been re-married for about 6 years at this point. So I didn't even question it, I believe I'm divorced. On the other hand though Jim was upset with my first husband for trying to put doubt in my mind in order to stop our wedding. So he took it apon himself to send my first husband an email. Telling him that whether or not I had a copy of my divorce papers it was not going to stop him (Jim) from marrying me. Because as far as he was concerned I was legally divorced.

Bigamy is a D class Felony.   If a person knowinly marries a second person while still married to the first, said person has committed  bigamy. (in a nut shell definition) 

Here's the kicker... If a person knowingly marries someone who is not legal divorced from their first marriage is also guilty of Bigamy.

Which I believe is a class D felony, if I remember correctly. Now I happen to know that I am divorced from my first husband. I just thought it was ironic that Jim was so strong to marry me, without the actual document, but isn't  strong enough to divorce me without the actual document.

Just makes me think...