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My husband is American from NY.I'm Egyptian.He married me under the Egyptian law.I discovered that he illicitly divorced his ex.He forged her signature.He is also married to an Indian lady under the Indian law.I want a divorce but her refuses.Can I seek divorce in NY?Please advise
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You say you want a divorce, but under American law (I don't know Egyptian law) you were never married in the first place. When he purported to marry you, your "husband" was married to whichever other woman he married first (you don't mention any divorce from the Indian woman, so if that marriage was valid in the first place it still exists; if he was validly married to the woman whose signature he forged, he is still married to her, forging her signature on the divorce papers means that the divorce is invalid), and therefore the marriage was not valid under American law, which prohibits bigamy.
Answered on Dec 02nd, 2013 at 3:10 PM