Hi,
I am a Canadian and in 1987 I married a Filipino in Mandaluang Philippines. The problem is when I was married there I did not have a certificate of legal capacity to contract marriage, my bride to be was 18 years old and did not attend a Pre-Marital Counseling and Family Planning Seminar and I had been previously married and did not have a judicial decree of my absolute divorce. Nevertheless my bride to be, together with her family and my money, simply paid to the Judge and others a sum of money that let the proceedings proceed. After our marriage I sponsored my bride to come to Canada where we presently reside.
I am now living in Canada and separated for the past 20 years. The question is was I ever legally married?
I am a Canadian and in 1987 I married a Filipino in Mandaluang Philippines. The problem is when I was married there I did not have a certificate of legal capacity to contract marriage, my bride to be was 18 years old and did not attend a Pre-Marital Counseling and Family Planning Seminar and I had been previously married and did not have a judicial decree of my absolute divorce. Nevertheless my bride to be, together with her family and my money, simply paid to the Judge and others a sum of money that let the proceedings proceed. After our marriage I sponsored my bride to come to Canada where we presently reside.
I am now living in Canada and separated for the past 20 years. The question is was I ever legally married?