One of the requirements of a valid marriage is the fact that both of the parties are not currently married to another party. It is possible for someone who had been previously married before to enter into another contract of marriage with another party, but as was already mentioned, that first marriage should no longer be in existence. In other words, that marriage should have already been dissolved via divorce, and there should be an official record of the event of divorce. The official record of the event that is the divorce would be the divorce records of which Sarasota County Divorce Records is an example.



In the situation of a marriage, it is often necessary and suggested that both parties be aware of whether or not their intended partner had been married before and that such marriage is still subsisting. Note that a person who marries a