CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Marital Status
......Validity of Marriage
.........Estoppel
3 Cards On This Topic:
  • When both parties knew W had prior existing marriage at time of their marriage ceremony, H estopped to deny validity of marriage in dissolution filed 15 years later.
  • Party who has counseled another to divorce and counseled remarriage before prior judgment is final is estopped to deny validity of second marriage.
  • Where H married W and lived with her with full knowledge she had obtained invalid Mexican divorce from prior H, he was estopped to contest it.