Q: is there a way to determine if I have been divorced without my knowledge
Step daughter married a mexican national in 1997. As soon as he got his green card he vanished never to be seen again. How can she find out if she is still married or if he divorced her?
Is an anullment easy to obtain if she is still married or does it have to be a divorce? Marriage was done in Reno - they lived in Livermore, CA
A:
There is no nationwide database of divorces that you have to register in. You can check the counties where the husband lived and where your daughter lived. However, most green card scammers generally don't go to the expense or trouble. They just up and vanish. If you check and find nothing and your step daughter has no memory of being served court papers for a divorce, they are probably still married.
Annulments are generally hard to get. If it has been 19 years, I would doubt she could get one.
Andy
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