I was contacted by a potential client today who had an all too familiar sob story. His “wife” had hired someone in Mexico to do a fast Mexican divorce. She was given final papers. She got remarried.
Years later her supposedly ex-husband wants to get remarried and to make a long story short, the Mexican Consulate informed them that the divorce was not valid. They had been scammed.
Now I have to explain to this poor gentleman on the phone that he is not actually married. His marriage is void as per public policy, which is a fancy way of saying that he isn’t married.
His wife needs to hire a New York licensed attorney to do her divorce, rather than some scam artist in Mexico. Once she gets a valid legally binding divorce, then she can marry the gentleman on the phone, who she thinks she is married to.
To avoid a mess like this, contact our law office today to schedule a free initial divorce consultation at (866) 830-2064.
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I have not heard of the Mexican Divorce scam, but I hardly find it surprising. I do find it frustrating the number of ways quasi/fraudulent legal services are offered to generally good hearted, but gullible laymen. All we can do is shine a light on it.
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I’ve heard of that type of scam before but am not sure how common it is nowadays.