
Caller: So, I got married in Vegas a few weeks ago. Cliché, I know. The night is a bit hard, but how do I find out if I'm, like, legally married or if it was, like, a stunt? 

Rick: Oh. Well, did you get, did you get any sort of marriage license? Did you sign anything there at the end of the process?

Caller: I'm not gonna lie. I remember signing something, but like I said, it was more drinks than I have ever had. 

Rick: Wow. Sure, sure. And how long ago did you say this was? 

Caller: A few weeks ago. 

Rick:  Okay. Do you guys live together? 

Caller: No. 

Rick:  Okay. Do you know her?

Caller: No. Sorry. 

Rick:  What I what I can't tell you whether or not you actually got legally married.

What I can tell you, though, is if you did get great at this point, there's certainly a way to back out. The downside is you're going to have to jump through some hoops, and it's probably going to cost you a few bucks. But ultimately, what you can do is rather than go through a divorce, you can basically seek for the marriage to be titled invalid.

So, in other words, really just sort of take it out saying the marriage was really never valid to begin with. And really what you need to show is things like, well, it was only two weeks ago. There's a reason why it was hazy. Oh, by the way, we then haven't got to act as if we're married either.

But you do need to go through the process. First, check whether or not there was a marriage license. And maybe you call her to see what she's got. And, if there is, then, you know, you do need to go through the court and file a motion to have it be declared invalid.

Caller: Awesome. (background laughter)

Sarah: So, so there is no, like, magical database that Mark can go to that shows your marital status or like, you know, in, in Las Vegas or Nevada. There's no way of him, like, looking to see. Yeah, I see that's the problem. Especially when it's, when it's a Vegas, you know, Vegas wedding, Reno wedding, that type of thing.

Rick:  I actually just don't know how you would reach out, to the to the state of Nevada, to find that out. There certainly is a way in the state of Washington. The Department of Vital Statistics obviously has to keep, records like that. So there certainly is a process, that he could go through.

Two weeks in, I don't know if they've logged it. That would be the concern.



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