Question #57: FOREIGN DIVORCE I am Japanese citizen who was married to an American citizen. We got married in Japan 6 years ago, registered in Japan first then registered at city hall in New York as well afterwards. With mutual agreement, we filed for divorce last year in Japan since I was resided in Japan already after a year of separation. In Japan we can do uncontested divorce just us signing a sheet of paper without lawyer when there’s no children or assets. My question is, even I have Japanese divorce paper notarized by US Embassy, do I still have to get divorced in New York since we were registed in New York as well? I found out later that our registration of marriage in New York wasn’t necessary since we were already married in Japan thru US Embassy. For your information, I live in Japan now and my ex lives in New York. Are we still married under New York law? If we are, can we just send NY City Clerk a letter that we are divorced in Japan with a proof of Japanese divorce paper? Please give me any advice. Thank you very much.