Wilson Law Group regularly represents clients seeking a divorce from a spouse living outside of Minnesota. We encounter a common situation where the parties have been separated for years, often by borders or oceans, but have not actually divorced. Eventually, the spouse recognizes the time has come to dissolve the marriage, for various personal reasons. The passage of time does not simply render the parties divorced (an unfortunate myth that continues to persist), and any subsequent marriages are invalid if the prior marriage is not dissolved.
When the spouse is living outside of...