Nullify former marriage

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In your OP (original post) you said you spoke to a priest who told you it took more paperwork to “nullify” a marriage, so you made an assumption about the motives of your ex husband. Why couldn’t you just contact him and ask him what he needed? It’s been 26 years and you are both married to other people. Why did you have to make an issue out of it? I’m not being hostile, I’m just wondering why this is such a problem?

When he sent you the paperwork, what did he ask you to do?
 
He sent one page in a text message and I asked for the other pages and he wouldn’t give me the second page that tells me what is needed. He told me I only had to fill it out and he supplied to 1st and last pages of our divorce decree. He has a history of filling out official documents incorrectly. A federal court has found him guilty of unclean hands because of this. So I will always question document he sends me. As soon as my archdiocese opens back up I will send his the documents required.
 
it is a doctrine in equity (as in, “law and equity”, an ancient division of the civil law). It is not a criminal concept, and as such, no-one can “be found guilty” of it.

It is specifically a bar in suitable cases from receiving relief, in that someone who comes to a court of equity with “unclean hands” in the matter cannot receive anything from the court. It does not carry over to any other case
 
That is directly from the divorce decree.
unclean hands . n. a legal doctrine which is a defense to a complaint, which states that a party who is asking for a judgment cannot have the help of the court if he/she has done anything unethical in relation to the subject of the lawsuit.

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Clean-hands Doctrine​

The principle that someone who violates equitable norms cannot then seek equitable relief or claim a defense based in the law of equity. A party who has violated an equitable principle, such as good faith, is described as having “unclean hands.”

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Speaking as a lawye:, the doctrine is narrow, and applies to the matter at hand, not other cases.

There is no way in which a federal finding of unclean hands is applicable in a state case, except int the very rare case that the two cover the same facts (which would not be a diovorce or civil case).
 
Yes in the civil divorce and military paperwork while he was serving in the military. That is why I was suspicious of the paperwork required. I never said I wouldn’t fill out the forms. I just wanted all the forms. I had do you Google to find the form to get the directions on how to do it. I have sent an email to the Arch diocese where I was baptized to back east to get a copy. Then I will forward it to his arch diocese and be done with it.
 
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