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Queja 287854 Detalles

To: (Personal Information Removed),

Re: “Marriages and Divorces” in Mexico.

Marriages in Mexico between foreigners require x rays, blood tests, four witnesses and must be validated. They did not have any of these. Please see section attached on “Foreigners Getting Married To Foreigners.”

I have searched for records in the Mormon Library online and have spoken to them.
(Case 23179 Mormon Library). There are NO RECORDS (amongst 3 billion) from Tia Juana, Mexico at the Mormon library. Bottom line, it’s big business.

Illegal marriages in Mexico are rampant and attorneys in both states are making money attempting to find them and cannot since none are registered. The illiteracy rate in Mexico in 1971 was 90%. Documents are all in Spanish yet Forged Docs are
Notarized so innocent Americans don’t even know what’s written on them.

This marriage was never “legalized” and lasted less than a year resulting in no children. Walter D Newman died June 1 2007. Neither lived in Mexico.

Divorce in Mexico is even harder. Please see page 2 on “Residence Requirements,” a law that took place March 7, 1971. Their marriage took place July 3, 1971 and the divorce was March 1, 1978. The divorce was “mail order” for $125.00. Divorces in Mexico cost thousands not hundreds. It requires that an alien be a resident of Mexico before one can apply for a Mexican divorce. He must obtain a certificate from the Secretaria de Gobernacion stating that he has legal residence in Mexico. Please see attached.
A legal Mexican marriage must be registered in the State you live to be legal. This never happened and there is no record on Ancestry.com

I swear, under penalty of perjury that the above is true to the best of my knowledge.

Veronica Bruce RN MSN CNS PHN
530 577 4308

Cases are from Social Security Administration (SSA). Inside each of these citations there are multiple cases such as “Thompson v Thompson.” There are 100’s of pages and if you need them, please let me know. I have summarized them below:

1. SSR 88-15C: Section 202 (g)(1)(A) of SSA (42 USC 402) (g) (1) (A)
Termination of Subsequent Marriage-Purported foreign divorce-choice of law-
Domicile. “Massachusettes does not recognize Mexican Divorce without domicile
“the courts of a foreign country have no jurisdiction to dissolve the marriage of
parties not domiciled in that Country……”

2. California Supreme Court Cases found in West law
Louise Gill, Plaintiff v Screen Actors Guild-Producers Pension & Health Plan
Supreme Court of CA – L.A. County February 23, 2004 No. BC 292581
……..Marriage March 4, 1979 Tijuana, Baja California Mexico was void or voidable.

3. Family Law in Mexico: A Detailed Look Into Marriage and Divorce
9 SW JL & Trade Am 5 February 2003
Southwestern Journal of Law & Trade in America
“marriage in Mexico is not valid unless parties to marriage produce a copy of their jointly agreed articles of marriage with their application.”

4. SSR 61-65 Effect of Invalid Divorce where parties are Estopped to deny it’s validity. Mexican divorce was found invalid in Florida.

5. SSR 66-1 Section 202 (b) Term of Marriage Purpoted by foreign divorce
“Under the general principals of law as applied by States of the U.S., the
domicile of one party within the jurisdiction granting the divorce is required for
a divorce to be valid, and a divorce granted in a jurisdiction in which neither party is
domiciled is not recognized by courts of Mexican States……” That is because you
must live in Mexico to get a divorce. Their “mail order” in 1978 was from the US
Neither Walter nor Estelle ever lived in Mexico.

6. SSR 62-68 Relationship Marriage After Mexican “mail order” Divorce
“Under New York Law. A’s Mexican “mail order” divorce would be considered a nullity.” Caldwell v Caldwell 198 NY 146 81 NE 2d 62 (1948)

7. 20 CFR 404.708q SSR 74-10
Relationship-What Constitutes Marriage Ceremony-State of WA
“Obtained marriage license in Mexico – no ceremony – lived together – no marriage”
These were Hispanic people who thought they were married in Mexico, no record.


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8. SSR 62-37 Relationship-Presumption of Validity of Last Marriage-TX
“Mexican Divorce invalid in TX-both parties domiciled in TX” Risch v Risch, 395 SW 2d 709 (Tex Civ App 1965) “Colorado does not recognize Mexican marriage nor divorce where neither parties are domiciled.” Gainey v Fleming 279 f 2d (10 Circuit 1960) “no record of Mexican Divorce could be found –obtained in NV

9. SSR 72-61 20 CFR 404.238(a) Section 216 (h)(1)(A) 42 USC 416 (h)(1)(A)
Relationship-Presumption of Validity of Last Marriage Recognition of Foreign Divorce-Estoppel.

10. 38 USC 1541 (f) “surviving spouse never remarried, married > 1 yr”

In Summary
Mexican Marriage and Divorce Records not recognized by our courts. The Newman marriage was a 15 min. $50 Marriage behind a shower curtain, lasted a year with no children. A Real “Civil Registry” marriage took 48 hours to make an appt. in 1971. This was verified by a Tijuana Attorney (from the Consulate here) via email and my cousin, Angelica, married legally in Tijuana 11-10-73.

Furthermore, the federal cases used tax returns, living together & having children
as the more powerful testimony for granting of pensions. Also, Estelle has no history of working 40 quarters, has worked all her life for Gerald and would be devastated if she did not receive his pension. Walter Newman also has addresses on Ancestry.com and has never domiciled in Mexico. He remarried 10/78, died 6/07 and we are in touch with his widow Mica.

Here is additional proof of residences of Estelle C. Newman Kenney and births of her children with Gerald. Also, according to Civil Code in CA 1276 (??) circa 1976 “Anyone can change their name as long as it is not for deception or fraud.” We were all ashamed of our Mexican Heritage name Lopez.

1971 Grand Avenue, El Segundo, CA Estelle & Walter Newman(Tijuana marriage)
1972 1704 Wollacott Street, Redondo Beach, CA 90278 (Her Family Home)
1973 809 N. Juanita St. Redondo Beach Ca 90277 (Her Family Home)
1974 3416 Alma Avenue, Manhattan Beach, CA (Gerald W. Kenney home)
1-24-1978 Patrick Ryan Kenney born
10-3-1979 Kevin Kenney born
4-27-81 Heather Rose Kenney born
January 18, 1980 officially married to Estelle C Lopez
Dec. 1980 to present Gerald and Estelle are at 222 W Fairway Blvd. Big Bear City, CA 92314. PO Box 1605, Big Bear City, CA 92314. All is documented on Ancestry.com, There are no records of Estelle and Walter. This is by memory confirmed by Estelle.

I swear, under penalty of perjury, that this record is correct to the best of my knowledge.

Veronica Bruce RN MSN CNS PHN (License 474820 and 2502 CA)
5305774308 or [email protected]

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