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Texas has a statute saying if you get married while youâre still married to someone else, the second marriage kicks in whenever the first marriage is dissolved (by divorce, death of the other spouse, or annulment). I couldnât believe it until I looked it up and read the statute myself. I call it the âBigamy Enabling Law.â
I donât understand the last sentence. Marriages in Mexico are valid marriages. So why would you need an annulment less than if you married in the USA?
I had a friend who told me that her divorce had been a nightmare. She had told her lawyer that she just wanted out, and didnât want to make demands. On her exâs part, he (for instance) gave her the car, but not the âpink slipâ she could use to register it. All in all, she told me, her ex put up roadblocks and unreasonable demands.
She later told me that she had had a call from âthe other woman,â who had been betrayed (adultery) in the same way that my friend had been. After the âHeâs no goodâ story, the other woman added, âI think that we could have made a happy marriage if you hadnât been so difficult about the divorce, with the unreasonable demands,â which floored my friend.
My theory is that either or both of the lawyers had had, early in their careers, divorce clients who told them âAll I want is out, no demands,â followed instructions, and then were hit with âWhat do you mean I didnât get the dog? the house? lotsa alimony? You failed me and Iâll take you to the Bar Association for malpractice!â Having learned their lessons (again my theory) the lawyers decided that, despite what their clients instructed them, they would never again go easy on the other side.
Did he ever get the divorce? Did you ever get married? Inquiring minds want to know!
In the case of my own still-married-to-someone-else âhusbandâ, when he traded me in for a blonde in a red sportscar, the non-legal nature of our marriage did make it a lot easier to clean up the mess.
earlcdean over 3 years ago
Sounds like a good story line for a sitcomâŠ..
Darsan54 Premium Member over 3 years ago
Wow.
moonfrogger over 3 years ago
Sounds like the married man âstoryâ to me.
GaryCooper over 3 years ago
Texas has a statute saying if you get married while youâre still married to someone else, the second marriage kicks in whenever the first marriage is dissolved (by divorce, death of the other spouse, or annulment). I couldnât believe it until I looked it up and read the statute myself. I call it the âBigamy Enabling Law.â
GaryCooper over 3 years ago
I donât understand the last sentence. Marriages in Mexico are valid marriages. So why would you need an annulment less than if you married in the USA?
Urbane Gorilla over 3 years ago
Iâm doubtless wrong, but to me this has the feel of being autobiographic.
Bilan over 3 years ago
What happened to the marriage with Stu?
Does Allen know about the tattoo?
cherns Premium Member over 3 years ago
I had a friend who told me that her divorce had been a nightmare. She had told her lawyer that she just wanted out, and didnât want to make demands. On her exâs part, he (for instance) gave her the car, but not the âpink slipâ she could use to register it. All in all, she told me, her ex put up roadblocks and unreasonable demands.
She later told me that she had had a call from âthe other woman,â who had been betrayed (adultery) in the same way that my friend had been. After the âHeâs no goodâ story, the other woman added, âI think that we could have made a happy marriage if you hadnât been so difficult about the divorce, with the unreasonable demands,â which floored my friend.
My theory is that either or both of the lawyers had had, early in their careers, divorce clients who told them âAll I want is out, no demands,â followed instructions, and then were hit with âWhat do you mean I didnât get the dog? the house? lotsa alimony? You failed me and Iâll take you to the Bar Association for malpractice!â Having learned their lessons (again my theory) the lawyers decided that, despite what their clients instructed them, they would never again go easy on the other side.
LOLBeth over 3 years ago
Did he ever get the divorce? Did you ever get married? Inquiring minds want to know!
In the case of my own still-married-to-someone-else âhusbandâ, when he traded me in for a blonde in a red sportscar, the non-legal nature of our marriage did make it a lot easier to clean up the mess.
cromwelljones53 over 3 years ago
I love the variety of storytellingâhere a little âAmerican Splendorâ, the nextâs a B. Kliban Operetta. Keep âem coming, please!