anyone know any legal stuff???

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Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 568 Send Message	Katwin	Report	14 Nov 2003 21:45
	If she was claiming widows benefits she could have been charged with fraud. Kathy
	Researching: Casey, Hull, Savill; Brentwood, East London
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 15,575 Send Message	Guinevere	Report	13 Nov 2003 20:54
	Hi, She would have been investigated at the time and if she wasn't prosecuted it must have been considered "not in the public interest" so nothing could be done now. The illegal marriage would have been anulled. Gwynne
	Researching: Lowestoft and North Suffolk, Monmouthshire, Breconshire, Somerset
Member Since: September 2003 Posts: 44 Send Message	Gina	Report	13 Nov 2003 19:57
	help. i know of a couple who got married & both gave false info. he did get put away for a while but nothing happened to her. she gave a false name on the marriage cert. he is now dead but she is still living. she knowingly married a married man who said he was a widower (he wasn't) shouldn't she have gotten into trouble? they wed in 1946! is it too late for anything to be done now?? can anyone help please??