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Originally Posted by Yellowhill
When does Divorce become Single again.
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Depends, from the civil perspective, when the papers are signed and entered into the court. Now if someone is sealed in the temple the only way to get rid of that is permission of the First Presidency. I know several divorced people who had been sealed in the temple and none of them, or their spouces, were ever able to get the sealings annuled. When a man finds another wife to get sealed to all he needs to speed things up is a letter from the ex-wife he is sealed to stating the divorce was not based on immorality or that she has no objections. If she does object then the man and his new fiance have to wait a short time for a review of the circumstances and then the sealing can take place.
Not sure what happens in the next life since he is now sealed to two women but it is my belief that there will be a great deal of re-assignments (to borrow a concept from the FLDS) in Heaven. I know a few married couples that probably cringe when reminded of being eternally married to the spouse they are sealed to. From what I have heard that will all be taken care of by God and as long as people are faithful to their covenants in this life they will be rewarded in the next life.