I’ve worked for a lot of attorneys who did divorces. Never did we need to provide a marriage license to get the divorce. The Plaintiff files an affidavit swearing to the allegations in the divorce complaint, among those are the date of marriage. Usually the place of marriage isn’t even mentioned. If the Defendant would file an answer alleging the parties were never legally married, that would have been a different story. Not many people who aren’t married try to get a divorce.
Thanks, but what you are saying is that the plaintiff’s affidavit is accepted by the court as evidence of the marriage, unless contested.
IOW, evidence of marriage sufficient to satisfy the court is presented before a divorce proceeding begins. Which would make the final divorce decree evidence that a marriage had existed. At least until challenged and proven otherwise.