Married or Not?

yvonne · #1 09-23-2005, 12:30 PM

I have had lots of problems with my husband whom is Dominican, namely the fact that he vanishes without warning for months at a time. Sometimes to Switzerland and sometimes to the Dominican. I want to divorce him but I don't know where he is. Is this possible?

Also whilst trying to find him I have been told that he was married in 1998 (we were married in October 2001) to a girl from Switzerland , I spoke to someone who actually went to his wedding!! (this would explain the trips there) and someone else told me that my husband did actually divorce me in the Dominican when I was pregnant in 2003/2004. So right now I do not know if I am married or not, or if my husband bothered to divorce the first wife or not (he may be a bigamist) given all that, can I either divorce him even though I dont know where he is, or find out if I am actually still married

Your advice would be much appreciated

AnnaC · #2 09-23-2005, 12:48 PM

What country are you from and where are you living right now? This might help.

According to the info in the legal section he couldn't have divorced you without you knowing.

here's the info

http://dr1.com/legal/family/fastdivorce.shtml

yvonne · #3 09-23-2005, 01:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anna Coniglio

What country are you from and where are you living right now? This might help.

According to the info in the legal section he couldn't have divorced you without you knowing.

here's the info

http://dr1.com/legal/family/fastdivorce.shtml

I am from England and living in England we married in the dominican. I have a friend who divorced her domican husband a few years ago without telling him. I think the criteria is only for one of the famous "quickie divorces"

Hillbilly · #4 09-23-2005, 01:11 PM

Welcome to the world of the sanky. You seem to have earned a doctorate at sankypanky university.

Just forget it ever happened.

HB

AnnaC · #5 09-23-2005, 01:36 PM

Come on Luis, this is the legal section not the sankie section give the poor girl some advice.

I was ready to give her the laws of Ontario but she's from England so I have no idea about that.

How do you divorce someone if you don't know where they live?

Larry · #6 09-23-2005, 01:59 PM

http://dr1.com/legal/family/fastdivorce.shtml

J D Sauser · #7 09-24-2005, 12:57 PM

I think your first step should be to pay a visit to the Swiss consulate of which ever country you are living at. I would like to asume that they will take your story very seriously and at least explain to you how to proceed to find out if he is married in Switzerland and if he has filed for divorce from you there. It would not be the first case I hear about and I know that they can react very swiftly and unconditionally. If you feel not listened to apropriately, add some tension, ask to speak to the Consul or Ambassador directly (apointement) and if necesary hint that you may talk to your foreign ministery and/or the press (about hiding and protecting bigamists and such) if you don't get serious help, but as I said first, I sould be surprised they would not lend a helping hand in your case.
The more information you have, the best. Copies of his legal paers (passport asf.) and like who she is, where she or they live and where she's from, as well as a date of marriage ans suspected divorce from you. Set up a timeline of events.
As a divorcee I can also tell you that if one get's divorced in a country different than the country where the marriage was held, it usually takes the information of both poeple's consulate by the country where the divorce is concluded. This may not be so in the DR, but in the EU and I think Schengen is should be so... so there would be a paper trail somewhere. Switzerland is not like the DR where you just deliver a sworn statement about your situation, you have to prove it with official documents that have been authenticated by the respective consulates.

Good luck... J-D.

Hillbilly · #8 09-24-2005, 01:17 PM

The lack of education and the obvious naiveté of the OP leads me to think that it should be in the Sanky Section. As a warning, if nothing else. We could make a stamp and put it on all of these....

I do think that J.D. 's advice is surely correct, since the Swiss are very conscious of "propriety " and will probably take steps to find out. Here, it would take a search of the Registro Civil nad that would cost a few bucks...or € or £..........??

Cordialmente,

HB

Ken · #9 09-24-2005, 02:01 PM

I looked at the link that Larry posted. That doesn't seem to be your solution since it states that mutual consent is required in order to get a Dominican divorce. "On what grounds are Dominican special divorces granted?
Only by mutual consent. No culpability or fault need be alleged."

If you are living in England, seems to me the first thing you should do is talk to an attorney there. From your description of his behavior, there must be grounds under the laws of England to get a divorce.

If you are serious about divorcing him, see a lawyer where you live.

Texas Bill · #10 09-24-2005, 10:55 PM

Disregard all the advise you have been given except the one who said" GET A LAWYER" and then let him handle the details!!!!

All else is irrelevent and futile verbal perambulations.

Texas Bill