If your ex passed away prior to you remarrying then it does not really matter if you were divorced or not. If you remarried prior to your ex passing that may be another matter…
Divorce
If your ex was alive when you remarried then your second marriage is not valid. If he died prior to your second marriage then the marriage was terminated by his death.
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I was married in NC for 13 years. My husband and I separated and he filed for divorce. I signed the papers and moved to WV. My ex called me and told me we were officially divorced. He moved to KS where he was in a car accident and was killed. While living in WV I remarried. After the accident his brother calls me to tell me that my ex never sent the signed papers to the court so we were not divorced. My question is whether my WV marriage is valid because according to the NC Clerk of Court I was still married to what I thought was my ex. Please help.