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TommieW
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Here is my situation, and I hope someone can clear this up. I was married in a civil ceremony and did not have my marriage validated for 9 years, so I know during that time, the Church did not recognize my marriage. We then had our marriage validated and were in a blessed union for 5 years before my wife left and we divorced. I petitioned and was granted an annulment. My question is, the state sayds my marriage of 14 years is over and the Church doesn’t recognize the first 9 years, as well as saying what looked like a marriage the last 5 years was not. When someone asks me whether I was married, how do I answer?