You may have to deal with hurt feelings, jealousy, anger, and other emotions. Before you head to the altar, consider the financial and legal impact of your remarriage. For example, the alimony you receive will end. If you collect social security from a previous marriage, it may become subject to change.
Getting Married
If you're receiving spousal benefits based on your former spouse's work record, those benefits will generally end upon your getting remarried, but you may be able to receive benefits based on your new spouse's work record, or on your own.
Remarriage is permitted for the faithful partner only when the divorce was on biblical grounds. In fact, the purpose for a biblical divorce is to make clear that the faithful partner is free to remarry, but only in the Lord (Rom. 7:1-3; 1 Cor.
Remarrying before a divorce is finalized is considered bigamy, which is illegal in most places and can have serious consequences. Legally, it can lead to criminal charges, fines, and potential imprisonment. It also invalidates the second marriage, as a person can only be legally married to one person at a time.
That said, bigamy is considered a criminal offense in all 50 states. Depending on the state you were/are getting married in, the crime of bigamy can be considered either a felony or misdemeanor.
In most states—including California, Georgia, New York, and Texas—the obligation to pay alimony automatically ends when the recipient remarries, unless the couple had an agreement otherwise (more on that below). In these states, the paying spouse doesn't have to go back to court to request a new order. (Cal. Fam.
No it is not. It is a sin to divorce ones mate on any ground but sexual immorality (adultery) and then remarry. It is not an unforgivable sin however.
God designed marriage to last for life, a strong commitment that reflects God's master design. His will for you is to stay married unless there is ongoing and unrepentant abuse or infidelity. You must renew your commitment to your spouse, even if you feel that you have an unhappy marriage.
Marital infidelity is not an unforgivable sin. The reason is that there is no such thing as a sin that cannot be forgiven. At least within Catholicism, as I understand it, any act whatsoever can be forgiven if one confesses that act with appropriate contrition and receives the sacrament of absolution.
If you get Social Security disability or retirement benefits and you marry, your benefit will stay the same. However, other benefits such as SSI, Survivors, Divorced Spouses, and Child's benefits may be affected.
Bottom Line. Getting remarried will not affect your accrued retirement or disability benefits under Social Security. However, if you receive divorce of survivor's benefits, there is a good chance that remarriage will affect those payments.
Widowers may be more likely than widows to desire remarriage because marriage provides men with instrumental and health-enhancing support (Cancian & Oliker, 2000).
Some red flags that you or your partner aren't really ready to remarry include: You still fantasize about getting back together with your former spouse. You are angry or bitter about your ex and the divorce. You don't feel like you can be honest with your new partner.
Among people who can remarry—those who had a marriage end in divorce or the death of a spouse—men are more likely to tie the knot again than women. The gap has narrowed some over the years, but statistically, men remain much more prone to multiple marriages.
Impacts of Remarriage
When either spouse remarries, it could affect child support and spousal support. A second marriage resulting in blended families can also affect other factors, including time-sharing and estate planning.
1 Corinthians 7:10-11 – But for those who are married, I have a command that comes not from me, but from the Lord. A wife must not leave her husband. But if she does leave him, let her remain single or else be reconciled to him. And the husband must not leave his wife.
A study showed that unhappily married adults who divorced were no happier than unhappily married adults who stayed married. Divorce did not typically reduce symptoms of depression, raise self-esteem, or increase a sense of mastery. Divorce or separation is likely the best outcome in a destructive marriage.
Adultery is one breakdown Jesus specifically mentions. Infidelity has destroyed marriages from ancient times to the present. Of course, marriages break down for other reasons, too. Apart from adultery, the most typical reasons for brokenness are a result of what I call the three “As”: addiction, abuse, and abandonment.
Remarriage after divorce is always labeled by God as a sin or specifically as an act of adultery (Deuteronomy 24:1-4, Malachi 2:14-16, Matthew 5:32, Matthew 19:3-10, Mark 10:1-12, Romans 7:1-3, 1 Corinthians 7).
Despite our common sense expectations, according to demographic data, the divorce rate for subsequent marriages is, in fact, significantly higher than that of first marriages—65%, nearly two out of three! Why?
It is never God's will for us to sin (even when it is our intention to try and put things right). The rest of 1 Corinthians 7 explains. Repentance probably looks more like confessing to God that your previous divorce and remarriage were sins against him, and that you're sorry for them.
Specific behaviors and actions can disqualify a person from receiving alimony in California. Notably, a documented history of domestic violence between the parties, or perpetrated by either party against a child, can impact the court's decision on an alimony award pending a case.
Under California law, for the most part, a new spouse's income is not used in the calculation for child support. It may only be considered when not doing so would cause extreme and severe hardship to the child involved.
A: No, spousal support is not mandatory in California and is fairly uncommon in divorce cases. If couples have been married for a long duration or one spouse makes substantially more than the other, the court may award support to the lower-earning spouse.