I have just had an update from Alou after she had seen her lawyer yesterday.
She has been offered two options.
1). Normal annulment and custody of her children - she has been told that this will take 18 months and will cost her 275,000 pesos.
2). Declaring that her husband is dead and therefore becoming a widow - she has been told this will take 2 months and cost her 70,000 pesos.
Obviously she wants to take the far shorter and cheaper option and she says that her lawyer has told her that this is simple to do and Alou will not have any problems.
My burning question to you all is "if this is a faster and cheaper way, why do most people go for an annulment"?
In my mind I would have thought that the Fili officials must need some sort of official proof that her husband is dead, surely they would not just take Alou's and her lawyers word for it would they?
I have also asked what if we get married and we move to the UK, what would happen if her husband complained afterwards, I assume the marriage would be null and void.
I have posed these questions to her but she keeps replying that her lawyer says it will be ok.
I do not think her lawyer is trying to con Alou as she is a friend of Alou's sister but there must be a catch here somewhere....
As usual your help and advice would be gratefully received
