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Hello!!! I would appreciate your help in understanding my 4 year common law partner's legal situation.
He married in Texas, USA in 1987 while he was still married to his first wife in Mexico, a few years later he divorced his first wife and thought everything was fine. I understand that the second wife knew he was married but both of them lacking knowledge and education thought that a marriage in Mexico was not valid in USA and so they proceeded to do the deed.
8 years ago he separated from the second wife and again due to luck of education on my partners part, he thought that by writing a simple paper between him and his second wife agreeing to divide their assets would be enough and so they agreed to divide their property in half... USA property (3 houses) and their USA business for her and their 5 children and their Mexican properties (2 houses) for him, and he continued to support them until June 2012 from Canada even though his youngest child with second wife was 23 yrs and then decided to move back to Mexico.
We have been living together for 4 yrs now and have a 2 yrs old boy and recently finished paying the mortgage in one his houses in Mexico but now that we want to get married we were thinking that his option was to apply for divorce but I found out that apparently there was bigamy involve on my partner's part with knowledge and consent from second wife.
According to Mexican law I understand that his second marriage is not valid and that we could get married there if we wanted to, but again BUT will my marriage be legal in USA???, what happens to the second marriage?, they had 5 children (23 yrs the youngest) and since the second wife knows that we want to get married, now she wants ALL the property in Mexico before she gives him the divorce (he bought 1 of the houses while he was separated from her) because apparently she sold all the propertly that he left her in USA and used up that money but bought a house, not in her name, but in her daughter's and mother's name to hide property in case of divorce, she even asked for $5,0000.00 dollars to pay for late property taxes on the house saying that the government want it to take it from her. I told my partner he should help her because it was for their children and so he did..
What is the best thing to do now without getting into anymore trouble and without my partner landing in jail from a vindictive "wive". Should he apply for an annulment before we get married or can we get married and apply for an annulment at the same time since the second marriage in USA is supposedly void and he is divorced from first wife.
Many thanks for your help.
He married in Texas, USA in 1987 while he was still married to his first wife in Mexico, a few years later he divorced his first wife and thought everything was fine. I understand that the second wife knew he was married but both of them lacking knowledge and education thought that a marriage in Mexico was not valid in USA and so they proceeded to do the deed.
8 years ago he separated from the second wife and again due to luck of education on my partners part, he thought that by writing a simple paper between him and his second wife agreeing to divide their assets would be enough and so they agreed to divide their property in half... USA property (3 houses) and their USA business for her and their 5 children and their Mexican properties (2 houses) for him, and he continued to support them until June 2012 from Canada even though his youngest child with second wife was 23 yrs and then decided to move back to Mexico.
We have been living together for 4 yrs now and have a 2 yrs old boy and recently finished paying the mortgage in one his houses in Mexico but now that we want to get married we were thinking that his option was to apply for divorce but I found out that apparently there was bigamy involve on my partner's part with knowledge and consent from second wife.
According to Mexican law I understand that his second marriage is not valid and that we could get married there if we wanted to, but again BUT will my marriage be legal in USA???, what happens to the second marriage?, they had 5 children (23 yrs the youngest) and since the second wife knows that we want to get married, now she wants ALL the property in Mexico before she gives him the divorce (he bought 1 of the houses while he was separated from her) because apparently she sold all the propertly that he left her in USA and used up that money but bought a house, not in her name, but in her daughter's and mother's name to hide property in case of divorce, she even asked for $5,0000.00 dollars to pay for late property taxes on the house saying that the government want it to take it from her. I told my partner he should help her because it was for their children and so he did..
What is the best thing to do now without getting into anymore trouble and without my partner landing in jail from a vindictive "wive". Should he apply for an annulment before we get married or can we get married and apply for an annulment at the same time since the second marriage in USA is supposedly void and he is divorced from first wife.
Many thanks for your help.
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