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marriage dissolved

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Susan

Susan Report 3 Apr 2008 14:07

thanks all

Kay????

Kay???? Report 3 Apr 2008 13:58

Disvolved mean the person was a divorcee,,,,

Porkie_Pie

Porkie_Pie Report 3 Apr 2008 13:57

In this century increasing numbers of brides and grooms have "previous marriage dissolved" as their marital status (this was shown as "previously the wife/husband of ....... in the early part of this century). In the last century, divorce was immensely expensive as each divorce required an individual act of parliament to dissolve it and was also considered a great scandal. Few couples therefore were divorced and anyone in a marriage that was effectively finished but could not be dissolved would either have to admit the truth to a new partner and the couple live together as husband and wife without going through any legal ceremony or had to lie to a new partner and go through a bigamous marriage.

from http://home.clara.net/dixons/Certificates/marriages.htm#COL5

Roy

Thistledown

Thistledown Report 3 Apr 2008 13:55


Maybe because the marraige was never consummated,
because one of the partnership was not in a fit state of mind to marry.
because one of them was in another relationship(cheating) Some reasons.
Betty.

Porkie_Pie

Porkie_Pie Report 3 Apr 2008 13:53

It means they were previously married and got divorced

Roy

Susan

Susan Report 3 Apr 2008 13:38

afternoon erveryone,
can anyone tell the reasons why a marriage might be 'dissolved'?
I have this on a marriage cert. from 1974 and under ' condition' it says that he was a bachelor and she had her 'previous marriage dissolved'
any ideas.
thanks sue