Mark Belliveau v. Janet Whelan

[¶1] Mark Belliveau appeals from the District Court's (Biddeford, Sutton, J. ) dismissal of his complaint for divorce from Janet Whelan because the parties were never legally married. Belliveau argues that the court erred by declining to adopt the putative spouse doctrine or the doctrine of marriage by estoppel. We affirm the judgment.

I. BACKGROUND

[¶2] The following facts were found by the court following a hearing on September 17, 2018, and are fully supported by the record. In May 1992, Belliveau and Whelan traveled to England to be married. Upon arriving, they attempted to obtain a…