[null and void]

Would a divorce even be required if the marriage was not legitimate in the first place?

A Kenyan marriage would be legitimate.

Even if it wasn't a Kenyan marriage, and the Maui wowie marriage was invalid, the courts would still need to be involved to protect the interests of the baby.

[El Gato]

So why don't all the Polygamist Mormons, such as FLDS, go to somewhere that allows polygamy to get married and then come back all legal?

Even if it wasn't a Kenyan marriage, and the Maui wowie marriage was invalid, the courts would still need to be involved to protect the interests of the baby

Would that be a divorce, or some other term for dissolution of a relationship? I guess it might be sort of like a divorce where the marriage was common law, rather than state sanctioned.