# Legitimate marriage?

**URL:** <https://forum.rosen.com/t/legitimate-marriage/15920>\
**Category:** Divorce and Separation Answers\
**Created:** [October 14, 2014, 1:33pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/legitimate-marriage/15920 "2014-10-14T13:33:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![divorcesucks2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@divorcesucks2](https://forum.rosen.com/u/divorcesucks2)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 1:33pm UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/legitimate-marriage/15920/1 "2014-10-14T13:33:31Z")

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After we were married, we found out that the witness to our marriage was a criminal and signed using an alias (we didn’t know this person). Does this affect our being legally married?

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**Author:** ![Lindsay\_Willis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@Lindsay\_Willis](https://forum.rosen.com/u/Lindsay_Willis)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 1:41am UTC](https://forum.rosen.com/t/legitimate-marriage/15920/2 "2014-10-20T01:41:40Z")

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No, the witness being a criminal has no bearing on the validity of the marriage. An issue with the formal marriage requirements (license, witnesses, solemnization) won’t invalidate an otherwise valid marriage.