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Show Married" (?) 17 Years Not Wed-S. L. Couple Finds came to him for advice after reading the articles. "We searched the records and discovered dis-covered the man waa married to his second wife four daya before his divorce from his first wife became legal Therefore the second sec-ond marriage is illegal," the judge said. The couple have been "married" for IT years and have three children. Judge Ho-gensen Ho-gensen advised them to be remarried in a civil ceremony to make the second marriage mar-riage legal. Judge Hogensen lauded the Telegram a-, tor taking the Initiative to "unveil" Utah'a outmoded divorce laws. A Salt Lake couple happy for 17 yeara in the belief they were legally married were rudely Jolted Saturday when they learned their marriage is not valid. But everything is going to be all right Third District Judge Roald Hogensen said the man and woman became curious about their marital status as the result of a series of articles in the Salt Lake Telegram Tele-gram which pointed out the legal entanglements entangle-ments of some marriages due to Utah's complicated divorce laws. Far from being angry about their embarrassing em-barrassing marital status, the perplexed couple said they were "indebted" to the Telegram for bringing the Illegal marriage to light Judge Hogensen said that the couple "The Telegram is engaged In an Important Impor-tant public service by explaining in laymen's language for the man in the street the hidden dangers of Utah's antiquated divorce di-vorce system," he said. |