my boyfriend married another woman and i went to see an attorney because we own a house together - the attorney's office drafted a dissolution of marriage document on my behalf and never told me about it...never filed the thing - i never signed it....i just found out 1 year later that the attorney's office did this....i took my boyfriend back after he annuled the marriage to the other person and now he is trying to say that we are common law married - and that i was showing proof by a document that i didnt' know existed - that i considered myself to be common law married to him....if the document that i didn't see never got filed, obviously i didn't file it...i didn't even know it existed....is that a valid document and wouldn't the fact that he actually married another woman count that he never held me to be his spouse because he never held me over any other?
2007-01-28 03:11:03 · 2 answers · asked by regis 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
If this document was never signed by you, or any other document signed by you that exists authorizing this document, then you are totally correct. If you never gave the attorneys office permission to print and file such a document then they are liable for any legal trouble it causes. Without your signature or permission to exist, this is an invalid document that cannot in any way be used as legal proof in any legal matter, thus this illegal document proves absolutely nothing and cannot be used in any court of law. Hope this helps and good luck
2007-01-28 03:27:31 · answer #1 · answered by Arthur W 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Look up CO state laws, but I do know in some states if you live together or have joint accounts your considered common law, but if he married someone else, it was a divorce.
2007-01-28 11:22:41 · answer #2 · answered by tlcnc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋