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In can.legal myhome_is@mts.net wrote:
> X-No-Archive: Yes   On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 03:07:27 GMT, Eric Brennan
> <ericpb@shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
>>Need Legal Help or advice. I am divorcing a Pilipino lady. Who was
>>married before in the Philippine  She never got a divorce in the
>>Philippines, because over there divorces are not needed.

My understanding is not that divorces are not needed in the Philippines,
but rather they are not permitted.  I could be wrong, but that is
what I thought.

>> After 6
>>years apart you can get re-married.

I'm not sure that is the case, either.

>> When they come to Canada they
>>should get a divorce in Canada before re-marring.  She didn't.   Any
>>one out there knows my legal options?   Thanks for any help.  I like
>>to have some of my options before seeing a Lawyer since I have limited
>>funds.         
> 
> Obviously you thought she had gotten a divorced from her Philippine
> husband once she got to Canada.
> If you didn't know that she never got the divorce, then she married
> you illegally, and you should be able to get an annulment on this
> point.

It would seem that the question depends on whether you were married.

If she was previously married, and that marriage was never terminated,
then your marriage would be void.  You wouldn't need anything at
all to say this.

However, I would recommend that you get an annulment from a Court
anyway as most people don't understand this, and it will likely
cause you problems later.

This would be my quick advise to you if you were in Alberta, anyway.

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Best regards,

Stephen Jenuth
(jenuths@homacjen.ab.ca)

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