FROM THE STORY...
While it appears that John and Lynda France were both under the impression, once upon a time, that they were married, the fact of the matter is that their marriage was never legally proper,” Williams wrote, “and, therefore, it does not actually exist.”
Lynn and John France were married in July 2005 in a seaside wedding on Italy's Amalfi Coast, having organized the event through Regency San Marino, which coordinates weddings for couples looking to get hitched in Italy. On the company's website, Lynn is still the first radiant bride whose portrait appears in a gauzy veil, the brilliant blue sea behind her.
If that wedding was a fraud, it was news to Lynn.
“If that were true, then he's lied to the IRS,” Zashin says. “He's lied to insurance companies. Banks.”
I’m thinking, confirmation of contract by redification.