Is anybody 'double married' to the same person?

[KennDodd]

In that has anybody got married in two different jurisdictions to the same person?

No way once was enough!

Eh?

Do you mean like had a religious wedding separate from a legal ceremony?

Surely you’re just married?

My cousin! Civilly in his wife's country, religiously in her country and religiously in England. We only went to one ceremony, though. It was very enjoyable b

Bit outing but I'm triple married
Legal civil ceremony
Non legal wedding
Upgrade from civil partnership to marriage

*Eh?

Do you mean like had a religious wedding separate from a legal ceremony?

Surely you’re just married?*

The key to OP'S post was anybody got married in two different jurisdictions to the same person?

Ie two different countries. in some countries, Ireland i think for one example, if you are marrying abroad you have to have a civil legal marriage in ireland for it to be legal

So no your not just married if you just for instance get married in italy and live in dublin in fact your distictly not married unless you have the legal marriage.

I have two sets friends who were double married, two legal ceremonies.
First couple legally married in South Africa (SA and EU couple) than another legal wedding in the UK.
Second couple, legally married in middle eastern country (ME and UK couple) then another legal wedding in the UK.

Both second weddings were for immigration reasons. It just seemed easier to do the whole thing again here to satisfy immigration. In one couple one partner was terminally ill and so didn't what any problems for the spouse after he died.

Partly the reason I ask is because I'm thinking of 'double marrying' my husband. Married in the UK for 25 years, going on holiday to Las Vegas, renewal of vows seems a bit hollow so we thought we could just get married again instead. Does anybody know if we'd be breaking the law or there are and legal complications with this? Both British (only) and live in the UK. I think my friends who were double married had to pretend they weren't during the ceremony and to immigration afterwards.

That sounds dodgy

Excuse my ignorance, but how can you “legally” be married twice? Is that actually possible?
I totally get a legal ceremony and another ceremony, but surely the marriage is either legally
Valid or not and can’t be truly performed as such more than once?

No offence but that sounds really strange. And to get your marriage licence in Vegas, you have to state whether you have been married before or not (and produce divorce papers if the answer is yes) So either you lie (and risk getting in a lot of trouble I would guess) or you get a very confused face!

I thought you were going to mean like liz Taylor and Richard Burton!

Partly the reason I ask is because I'm thinking of 'double marrying' my husband. Married in the UK for 25 years, going on holiday to Las Vegas, renewal of vows seems a bit hollow so we thought we could just get married again instead

No for the reasons PrimeraVez stated.

Your already married so your second one is irrelevant

I find the idea a bit odd. Why do you want to get married when you're already married? Because it's Vegas?

That sounds all kinds of wrong

Just renew your vows. How can it be 'hollow' to reflect on and confirm 25 years' worth of lived marriage vows? Ok, Las Vegas doesn't sound like solemnest place to do it, but you can't just remarry the same person without divorcing in between. You'd have to lie, which makes the whole thing a sham.

I know a couple who got married three times, a register office ceremony in the country they were living in at the time and full ceremonies in each of their home countries. They did move residence between countries a few times and I think just thought it would be easier to have a local marriage certificate if needed rather than getting an authorised translation. I don't know whether it would be considered a crime in any of the countries, after all, it's not bigamy is it? And they didn't do it with the intention to use the certificates for illicit purposes.

DH and I got married in my home country and had a 'blessing' that I'm pretty sure was the full religious ceremony in his country, but we didn't sign another marriage certificate so that probably doesn't count.

You're already married. Why do it in LV?

Can you not get a blessing ceremony or something in Vegas? You don't need another legal ceremony so there are other ways to mark the occasion.

You're already married. Why do it in LV?

Because we thought it's be a fun thing to do and a bit of a laugh. It'd just us and our kids so no gift list or anything :)

I asked because I wanted to know if this would any legal consequences or if we'd be breaking the law. I know my two sets of friends both had to say they weren't married already when they married in the UK. The SA/ EU couple divorced a few years later (don't know though which country's court) and neither live in the UK anymore. They married about 20 years ago, no kids.

The other couple, the husband died.

If you are married legally in another country, you cannot marry again in the UK.
Your foreign marriage will be accepted here without needing another wedding. In fact, to get another wedding you would have to lie to the registrar when they ask "have you ever been through any form of marriage or civil partnership in this or any other country".

Well that's ok once there's no gift list.

It seems more hollow to do a ceremony where you've lied, than to do a genuine renewal of your promises to each other.

And if it's for 'fun and a bit of a laugh' it's not going to be particularly deep or meaningful anyway?

To me, renewing vows is almost more meaningful than a wedding because you know this time exactly what you're signing up for!

If it is a legal marriage abroad it is accepted in the UK for immigration purposes. You just have to get an authorised translation of your marriage certificate.
Not sure if you can marry the same person twice. It's not bigamy but sounds quite a grey area tbh.

I got married in vegas. There’s some system where all marriages between british citizens are automatically sent to the UK for recognition.

So a lv wedding is legal here without a second ceremony.

Wouldn’t that then be the same jurisdiction? Presumably the only point of two marriages would be if each didn’t recognise the other legally...

have you ever been through any form of marriage or civil partnership in this or any other country

I think my friends did lie to this question. I expect the SA/EU couple might have had different wording as civil partnerships didn't exist here then. I don't know if every country has the same hurdles or asks the same questions.

I remember Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall had a Hindu wedding in India, married for years until they wanted a divorce and Mick successfully argued in court that their wedding wasn't legal and so they weren't really married. I think he saved himself a lot of money with that.

The situation in Ireland sounds odd to the point that I'd be doubtful that that's the case. For example, an Italian married couple move to Dublin and their marriage is no longer recognised? There would surely be tax and inheritance implications with this?

My parents are, but that was totally legal, and because the two jurisdictions don't recognise each other's types of marriages in their respective countries. It gives you more options regarding travel and residencies so made sense, plus... two parties! Why not.

Don't know what the case is with UK and USA.

Why on earth would you get married again ‘for a laugh’? It just seems so silly and self involved