Can you be engaged to a married man even though...
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He is still married and the divorce has not been finalized yet. Can I still call him my fiancé or boyfriend until everything goes through?
No. They can still get back together with help. You should wish for that instead of helping to break up a marriage. And keep in mind this guy is no big prize.
You can call him whatever you like. Just like non-married people can call each other husband and wife. It's just a title.
However, the last thing a man should be doing is committing himself to another woman while he is still in the legal process of leaving his wife. As well, the last thing a woman should be doing is settling for the back burner.
It actually has some legality tied to it, as any contract does. As one example, if a man gives the woman a ring along with the promise of engagement, then the woman backs out, the man can sue for return of the ring because she didn't uphold her end of the contract to marry. If the man backs out he has no legal recourse to get the ring and the woman is allowed to keep it.
These cases frequently end up in civil court which adjudicates the distribution of property after the dissolution of the contract to wed.
Quoting Mamitamaria:
ummm...engaged is not a "legal" anything. Ther is absolutely no legal astanding to the status of "engaged".
Quoting Anonymous:
Engaged is a legal promise to marry. If they are already married they can't make that promise.
some states have that law...but it really has nothing to do with the engagement...just the return of "chattel" as it is usually worded in such laws.
Most states do not consider engagements as legally binding at all.
Quoting Anonymous:
It actually has some legality tied to it, as any contract does. As one example, if a man gives the woman a ring along with the promise of engagement, then the woman backs out, the man can sue for return of the ring because she didn't uphold her end of the contract to marry. If the man backs out he has no legal recourse to get the ring and the woman is allowed to keep it.
These cases frequently end up in civil court which adjudicates the distribution of property after the dissolution of the contract to wed.
Quoting Mamitamaria:
ummm...engaged is not a "legal" anything. Ther is absolutely no legal astanding to the status of "engaged".
Quoting Anonymous:
Engaged is a legal promise to marry. If they are already married they can't make that promise.
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Quoting Anonymous:He is still married and the divorce has not been finalized yet. Can I still call him my fiancé or boyfriend until everything goes through?
Some women don't mind "baggage." Hell, don't all single moms have "baggage" (KIDS)?
A divorce can take years to finalize. Mine took two years AFTER papers were filed. And that's after we'd been separated for 18 months.
Quoting Dzyre1115:What a mess, I don't know why more women don't expect better treatment than a man with baggage and unfinished business....
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