QUESTION
If a person is married in China but is now staying in the United States, can they get married to a US citizen?
Asked on Jun 25th, 2013 on Divorce - Michigan
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Not if the person is legally married to someone else. No matter where the marriage was performed, if it was a legally valid marriage and has not been annulled or ended by divorced, the married person cannot legally marry anyone else, anywhere else.
Answered on Jun 25th, 2013 at 9:08 PM
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No. Its called polygamy and its illegal. get a divorce from the Chinese spouse first.
Answered on Jun 25th, 2013 at 9:07 PM
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If the marriage was legal under the law in China then it is considered a legal marriage in the United States. The individual can get a divorce in the United States. However, if there is property in China that needs to be divided, that will need to be handled in China.
Answered on Jun 25th, 2013 at 11:34 AM
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Not legally.
Answered on Jun 25th, 2013 at 9:55 AM
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Musilli Brennan Associates, PLLC
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No. You must be unmarried in order to get married.
Answered on Jun 25th, 2013 at 9:52 AM
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If there is a valid marriage in existence, it must be ended before another marriage can be valid
Answered on Jun 25th, 2013 at 9:40 AM
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In Michigan, "bigamy" (being married to two different people at the same time) is illegal, so the person who has already been married in China (assuming that marriage was legal) can NOT now marry a different person in the U.S., unless they first divorce the person to whom they married in China.
Answered on Jun 25th, 2013 at 9:26 AM