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Are you married if you got the marriage license but it was never filed with the state?
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∙ 15y ago
No. Not legally. If the couple received a valid license to be married and did so, they are legally married. The license would have had to be signed at the time it was received at the clerk's office, and would only have been issued if the proper indentification and requirements were met. The married couple is not required to file their own proof of marriage. The legal validation of the union is finalized by the judge, minister or whomever performs the ceremony issuing of the marriage certificate. A marriage license is NOT acceptable proof of a legal marriage.
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∙ 18y ago
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∙ 15y agoIt is not clear which country you live in, but in most countries when you are officially married, you will be given a document, a marriage license (that is for you to keep to prove to others that you are married). However, at the same time the person who married you will have filled out a public record document which also records the marriage and the witnesses to the marriage. This public record document is kept by the government of the country where you were married and is also legal proof recording the marriage. So the answer is yes, you are married.
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∙ 11y agoIf there is no official record of your marriage then there is no proof that you were married. In some states you may be able to file affidavits of witnesses with a court and have your marriage established by a court order. You should consult with an attorney in your jurisdiction or visit the probate and family court and inquire.
If there is no official record of your marriage then there is no proof that you were married. In some states you may be able to file affidavits of witnesses with a court and have your marriage established by a court order. You should consult with an attorney in your jurisdiction or visit the probate and family court and inquire.
If there is no official record of your marriage then there is no proof that you were married. In some states you may be able to file affidavits of witnesses with a court and have your marriage established by a court order. You should consult with an attorney in your jurisdiction or visit the probate and family court and inquire.
If there is no official record of your marriage then there is no proof that you were married. In some states you may be able to file affidavits of witnesses with a court and have your marriage established by a court order. You should consult with an attorney in your jurisdiction or visit the probate and family court and inquire.
Wiki User
∙ 11y agoIf there is no official record of your marriage then there is no proof that you were married. In some states you may be able to file affidavits of witnesses with a court and have your marriage established by a court order. You should consult with an attorney in your jurisdiction or visit the probate and family court and inquire.
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∙ 15y agodepends how you look at it.i say so.but by law and stuff your not,not married your just unknown
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∙ 11y agoNo. You need to file with the state. Most often the person who performs the wedding is the person who files it .
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Am I married if my husband abandoned us in the State of California 5 years ago and you never filed your marriage license?
You should check at the town clerk where you were married to see if the official who performed the marriage filed the license after they signed it.You should check at the town clerk where you were married to see if the official who performed the marriage filed the license after they signed it.You should check at the town clerk where you were married to see if the official who performed the marriage filed the license after they signed it.You should check at the town clerk where you were married to see if the official who performed the marriage filed the license after they signed it.
Do you have to file for divorce if license never filed?
No..because if the license was never filed with the State then you were not legally married to begin with....
You were married in the Phlppns to a Filipino who never came to US cheated and has a baby there now and you never filed the marriage license here so is the marriage legal or must you divorce him?
technically you are considered married in the us, but if you don't tell, nobody will ever know.
Am I married if I receive a marriage license and yet never enter into a lawful marriage.?
IF THAT MARRIAGE LICENSE HAS BEEN SIGNED BY A PREACHER THEN THAT MAKE IT LEGAL AS WELL AS IT MUST BE SENT INTO THE STATE TO BE PUBLIC RECORD. A License gives you permission to get married . a certificate means you have gotten married. I would compare it to a drivers license and actually driving a car. you are not a driver if you have never driven.
What do you do if your spouse never filed your marriage certificate and now you're heading for divorce can he be charged with fraud?
A marriage certificate isn't 'filed', its just something you have to get from the city or county you live in. It's like a drivers license - it just shows that the government gave you permission to get married. There's no fraud involved, unless your spouse misrepresented himself when getting the license.
If a marriage license and certificate was never filed is the marriage legal?
United StatesNo. The return of the license signed by the official who performed the ceremony creates the record and proof the marriage took place and was legal. If the license is never returned then you have no proof the marriage was performed unless you can produce the signed original to the proper authorities.
We have a Jamaica marriage certificate but never registered it in the US AND we never got a marriage license but we were still able to get married in Jamaica are we legally married in the US?
If the marriage was legal in Jamaica and registered there, then, yes, you are legally married in the U.S.
If you got married in another country but never filed the paperwork here in NY is the marriage legal?
If you have a copy of your paperwork, your marriage is legal.
If you never filed your paperwork in NY but got married in Barbados is the marriage legal?
If you have your marriage papers from any governmental unit in the world, you are legal.
Is a marriage legal in NC if the license was never sent to the state but the ceremony was performed?
Check with a family law attorney, but copies must be filed with the county issuing the license, not the state office. If a marriage license was issued and a ceremony was performed by a magistrate or ordained minister the license should be returned to the county that issued the license. If it was lost by the post office, a delayed marriage license can be filed. Check with the issuing Register of Deed's office, not Raleigh.
What to do if you never filed your marriage licenses?
You don't file a marriage license. You show your license to the person who officiated at the wedding.He then gives you a marriage certificate and you file that. If you haven't done it, go down to the county clerk where you got the license and ask how to file it. You may have to pay a late fee. Your marriage is still valid.
Can a prior marriage license stop you from marrying someone?
I don't know what you mean by "ordained". Do you mean solemnized? If the marriage was never solemnized and you didn't behave as if it was, then no; you were never legally married, so there's no bar to you getting married to someone else. If it wasn't, but you acted as if it was ... we're in sticky legal territory; get a lawyer. If you were in a state that recognized common-law marriages, then you might be regarded as legally married. If you deceived your "spouse" into thinking the marriage was legit, then generally it's treated as if the marriage was legitimate in cases where benefits from being married accrue to them, and as not legitimate in cases where benefits from being married accrue to you.
