Oh, it gets better than that!! There was a panel on a similar topic at Lavender Law a few years back. In the US specifically, we had that time period where there were just a few states that had legalized same-sex marriage, and then Obergefell happened and itās legal everywhere! Yay! EXCEPT. A very similar problem cropped up.
See, people had gotten married in Massachusetts when it legalized same-sex marriage, but then they broke up with that person and didnāt get a divorce because it wasnāt really real, right? So they got together with someone else, maybe moved in between, and decided to get married when California legalized. And then they broke up. And didnāt get a divorce. Because it wasnāt really real; itās only in that state, right? (And no, there isnāt a good country-wide system to check these things.) So then they got together with someone else, and hey, itās legal to get married in New York, weāll do that! ā¦and then they broke up. (Sensing a pattern yet?)
But then. Obergefell. Your marriage is recognized in EVERY state! Yay! Exceptā¦ you have three or four marriages, actually. Concurrently. Which is, yāknow. Illegal. AND one or more of your spouses could now be also married to yet another person, or people, if they did the same thing. Who could then alsoā¦ (you get the picture).
Apparently there were a NUMBER of VERY BUSY family lawyers and estate planners untangling the absolute mess people created by getting married in multiple states to different people during that period.
So basically: Someone PLEASE give me the ensemble cast who are all, somehow, simultaneously married to each other. It is my dream, okay. XD