Q: I was explaining the basic notions about marriage to a group of teens and they created a hypothetical scenario: A couple is on a trip in their boat. One morning the wife awakes and notices that her husband is gone. After an intense search, the Coast Guard concludes that he fell off the boat and died, although the body was not recovered.
Two years later, the lady marries again in Church, because her husband was declared dead. But later the first husband reappears and says he was kidnapped by pirates and just got liberated. Which of the two men is the legitimate husband? Which marriage gets the declaration of nullity? Teens have a very creative imagination and I am not qualified to provide a decent answer to that scenario. –Javier Continue reading