How do I know if I am still married?

[Bandit127]

Might sound like a stupid question but here goes...

 

In 2006 my wife instituted divorce proceedings. I was in a bad place at the time and didn't respond at all. I received a decree nisi and a solicitor's bill but I didn't get a decree absolute.

 

How do I find out if the decree was made absolute?

 

If it wasn't, am I still married?

[dx100uk]

i believe its auto after 6 weeks?

 

dx

[BazzaS]

Might sound like a stupid question but here goes...

 

In 2006 my wife instituted divorce proceedings. I was in a bad place at the time and didn't respond at all. I received a decree nisi and a solicitor's bill but I didn't get a decree absolute.

 

How do I find out if the decree was made absolute?

 

If it wasn't, am I still married?

 

if it wasn't made absolute, you are still married.

 

Do you want to be married?. If not, can you find out from your wife / ex-wife if it got made absolute?

 

If she won't provide any info, contact the court where the decree nisi was granted.

 

https://www.gov.uk/copy-decree-absolute-final-order

 

i believe its auto after 6 weeks?

 

dx

 

No. The 6 weeks is to give both parties a chance to change their mind, but the applicant still has to apply for the decree absolute.

 

I know someone who got a decree nisi, didn't get it made absolute, and had to restart the whole process a number of years later to get a decree nisi and then a decree absolute.

[BRIGADIER2JCS]

Divorce Records UK brings up numerous sites for checking this.

[Consumer dude]

Divorce Records UK brings up numerous sites for checking this.

 

What happens if its a foreign marriage..

[BRIGADIER2JCS]

What happens if its a foreign marriage..

It's the divorce you are looking for if that took place in the UK it will be recorded.

[Bandit127]

I am still in touch with her via text but she didn't answer the question about the decree absolute.

 

I did a search online and I couldn't find my name or hers for the right year on a couple of sites. Anything else needs a subscription for 2006 records.

 

I will have to go up to the loft and dig out the correspondence I got at the time to find the court (and an unpaid solicitor's bill for £700... statute barred now).