BS. I walk into court, I claim you owe me $1,000 dollars, you don't show up, the Judge rules in my favor?
No, I have to prove with receipts, contracts and other DOCUMENTATION first the debt is valid, just like Ann would have had to do to prove prove the marriage existed.
Been there, I know.
When I was divorced in 1986, the second page of the petition was a copy of the original marriage license, to prove the marriage existed to the judge and more importantly, there was legal cause for relief.
Without cause there can not be any relief ergo cause must be established.
Why is it there is no copy in the divorce records of the marriage certificate?
Is that the missing (18th page) or was that the bamsters adoption records?
Let me say this one more time, you and me can only speculate and try and figure this out, we've got very little credible sources to go on.
My point was the posters who come here to derail us, have a nice evening ;)
Yeesh, forgive my poor gramar ;(
If that couple had children or accumulated assets, a divorce would be how legal disputes were resolved, without there ever being a marriage certificate.