Hello Lawyers in the house, please I really need your advice. I want to do things properly.

Some years ago in Lagos, I married a dual citizen of Nigeria and the US. After a few months, it eventually surfaced that she was still (already) married to someone else in the US. This caused a lot of problems and we parted ways. I got a lawyer involved on my side. Eventually he said that there is nothing I need to do, that it is a "null and void" marriage and I am now "single" so I can move on with my life. But I was not given any document to prove this. He said I don't need a document that proves that another document is invalid.

Is this the right way to do it? I kept our "marriage" certificate, and when she eventually divorced the guy the following year I also got a copy of the divorce certificate from her.

Since our marriage certificate date is between her own marriage and divorce certificates, I am thinking this should be enough evidence that it was null and void, but I really don't want this to bite me in the future, when I get married again. Is there anything else I need to do in Nigeria or in the US to clear things up?

Thanks a lot.

If I get ur story right, u got married to d last while her former marriage was still valid, she committed bigamy by contracting a second marriage WTH u without properly being divorced and free frm her earlier marriage. Now u want tp be free frm being married to her, u need divorce papers because u wont b joined to anoda if u dont get divorced frm ur previous marriage ... Or u can call me 08025540002.

i beg to disagree, you dont need to dissolve a null and void marriage becuase it never existed in the first place. you just need to petition the courts for a declaration that the marriage both of you celebrated on .... day be declared null and void becuase of the previous marriage. as evidence you will need her marriage certificate and yours.

Roox:
Hello Lawyers in the house, please I really need your advice. I want to do things properly.

Some years ago in Lagos, I married a dual citizen of Nigeria and the US. After a few months, it eventually surfaced that she was still (already) married to someone else in the US. This caused a lot of problems and we parted ways. I got a lawyer involved on my side. Eventually he said that there is nothing I need to do, that it is a "null and void" marriage and I am now "single" so I can move on with my life. But I was not given any document to prove this. He said I don't need a document that proves that another document is invalid.

Is this the right way to do it? I kept our "marriage" certificate, and when she eventually divorced the guy the following year I also got a copy of the divorce certificate from her.

Since our marriage certificate date is between her own marriage and divorce certificates, I am thinking this should be enough evidence that it was null and void, but I really don't want this to bite me in the future, when I get married again. Is there anything else I need to do in Nigeria or in the US to clear things up?

Thanks a lot.

so now that you are not married....how far na?

Technical

Your lawyer was right. However, he ought to have gotten a court declaration for you to that effect.

ibkn:
i beg to disagree, you dont need to dissolve a null and void marriage becuase it never existed in the first place. you just need to petition the courts for a declaration that the marriage both of you celebrated on .... day be declared null and void becuase of the previous marriage. as evidence you will need her marriage certificate and yours.

Ooook, he wedded a lady who's still in an existing marital contract... But he still needs to get court declaration so he can be totally free from void marriage contracted anyways... Just got d gist right... It is well