Search public records and get immediate results - Start Now! How to find out if someone is married? Through our partnership with PeopleFinders.com USA Trace delivers our Customers Industry-Leading data by combining over 43 Billion Verified Public Records giving you the most comprehensive Background, Criminal, People, Marriage and Divorce Checks available Online. How to check if someone is married? While many people use USATrace.com for general background checks, one question we often get is simply how to find out if someone is married. There are numerous reasons to want to know if someone is married in 2021. Whether you’,ve met someone through a dating app (or even in person) it’,s very important to verify a person’,s marital status. A quick US marriage record search can save a lot of heartache –, as well as time and money –, as seen in this example: Why should I check marriage records? “Every word out of his mouth is a lie” says Jean Hansen, in reference to Kansas native, Richard Scott Smith –, and that apparently includes his marital status. It turns out that Richard Scott Smith was already married when he and Jean Hansen tied the knot in Las Vegas in 2015. This shocking fact wasn’t discovered by Ms. Hansen until after he had “…maxed out her credit cards and drained their joint checking account.” And she was not the only woman to be ‘taken to the cleaners’ by Richard Scott Smith. There were at least four other people and perhaps as many as eight that he had deceived. The Truth About Marriage Records. The case of the Lexena bigamist simply underlines the fact that you must be careful in every aspect of your personal dealings and of course, not least, that includes matters of the heart. Just because someone isn’t wearing a ring doesn’t mean they’re not married. Equally, just because they tell you they are divorced doesn’t mean it’s true. Consequently, the matter of accessing marriage or divorce records is ever more important. Regrettably all too often the person you’re dating may not tell you they are single as we’ve seen in the extreme example of the Richard Scott Smith case. Divorce rates are at an all-time high with 40-50% of marriages ending in divorce, however, many people may be separated while still legally married, which can cause a host of problems down the road. Sometimes, the cost of a divorce (both in terms of legal costs and possibly the cost of splitting an estate) might create a situation where it’,s easier for a person to simply stay married. However, the separated partner would still have strong legal claims over any assets of their estranged partner, including bank accounts, investments, real estate, life insurance, and vehicles. While this wouldn’,t have a major impact on a casual relationship, a surprise marriage is a disaster for any hopes of a serious relationship. Of course, the fact that someone would conceal a marriage –, regardless of the reason –, is a significant red flag. Lack of trust is most often cited as the major reason most relationships fail and having a partner fail to disclose an unresolved marriage is a stumbling block that few relationships will be able to survive. If there’,s a simple explanation, it should be disclosed once a relationship reaches anything beyond the most casual level. In today’,s virtual age where people can create believable (but fake) online personas, a background check for online dating is almost a must. Are marriage records private? Many people believe marriage records are private and that there’,s no way to get access.
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