You and Janine obviously have had a difficult time this summer.  But, what is
this about Wisconsin six-month waiting period delaying the time you and
Janine can get married after Texas divorce????  If your divorce is in
Wisconsin, Wisconsin family law, including the six-month waiting period
before you can legally marry again, applies.  If your divorce is in Texas,
and you get decree which states that the decree, the order of the court, is
valid after 30-day waiting period or that you cannot legally re-marry until
after the 30-day waiting period, that is what applies even if you are now
living in Wisconsin.  The Texas divorce decree gets full faith and credit in
Wisconsin under the U.S. Constitution, and the 30-day period under Texas law
applies, and not the six-month period under Wisconsin law.   (If you get
married in Las Vegas, the validity of that marriage should be determined
under Nevada law, and that determination under Nevada law  might include a
determination by a Nevada court that, under Texas law, assuming the divorce
is in Texas and not Wisconsin,  the divorce decree in Texas is valid.  And,
probably more confusing, a Wisconsin court might, at some future point in
time, determine the validity of the Nevada marriage after applying the Texas
divorce decree with the 30-day waiting period).

       This is an area of law called conflicts of law whereby the courts
determine which law to apply to resolve a legal dispute or issue where more
than one law could be used to resolve the dispute or issue.  These issues are
litigated usually where money, lots of money, and property, particularly real
estate, are involved.  If you are renting your 25-foot space, you do not have
these issues.  If your divorce decree is from Wisconsin, you will have to
wait the six months if you want a valid marriage in Wisconsin and then none
of the following applies.  Or you scrap together the time and money for you
and Janine to go to Las Vegas.

        If the worker at the insurance company or the  worker at the court
house is giving you grief and won't apply the Texas decree, you simply have
to go above that person's head.  You probably do not have the money to pay an
attorney to explain conflict of laws to that worker, but I would think you
can convince a local attorney to do that for you for free or you can get the
district attorney (who probably is doing family law on a part-time basis
anyway) or a county supervisor, or other elected representative, to make a
few calls for you.  Or just call a/the circuit court judge in your county.
If the worker in the courthouse is doing this routinely, I would think the
judge would be interested in knowing that and correcting that as well as
helping you and Janine specificly.

       You may not speak to the judge directly, but the clerk or the judicial
assistant for the judge will pass the information onto the judge.  Look in
the yellow pages of your phone book under government or government offices,
then the name of your county, then circuit court, and then weddings.  (It is
good idea to write down the judge's name and phone number for future
reference; find out from the worker how the judge's name is pronounced).
Ask for the judge who would marry you and Janine, or any other couple, who
would get married at the courthouse.   Explain your situation, your economic
situation and your health situation.  Explain how important it is for you and
Janine to get marred now and not in six months.

       Most judges like to do weddings and adoptions because these are happy
events where the judge gets his/her picture taken (hint, hint) with the happy
couple.  Most judges allow you to bring as many friends and family as you
want, and most judges will defer to you and Janine if you want to get married
in the courtroom, in chambers, outside the courtroom or even outside.  You
can wear full wedding regalia or you can wear jeans.  Most judges clear the
courtroom of attorneys, prisoners in restraints, etc. prior to the wedding.
  If  going to the judge doesn't work,  go to your local newspaper or local
television station.  Texas law is not the same as Wisconsin law, and usually
you cannot. should not try to,  juggle Texas law and Wisconsin law at the
same time.  You and Janine should be able to get married in Wisconsin as soon
as that Texas divorce decree is valid, as soon as the 30-day waiting period
in Texas expires.  Good Luck!  And congratulations!!!!!!!!  Katie

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