Marriage of Aviles & Vulovic

STATEMENT OF FACTS

The following facts are taken from the parties’ declarations and their testimony at

the evidentiary hearing.

In October 2006, Jessica filed a petition for a divorce from her then-husband,

Alexander Vulovic. She believed that she would be divorced automatically six months

after filing the petition.

In October 2007, Pedro and Jessica began dating. They were married in Las

Vegas in March 2011.

In May 2011, when Jessica appeared, in pro. per., at a child support hearing in her

divorce proceeding, the judge told her that her divorce was not final. After that, Pedro

helped her retain an attorney; however, as far as he knew, the attorney’s role was to

obtain child custody and child support. Pedro never went to any of the hearings in

Jessica’s divorce case, because she told him “if [he] showed up, her ex-husband would

flip out . . . .” In March 2012, Jessica’s divorce became final.

In April 2013, at Pedro’s request, he and Jessica went through a marriage

ceremony in a Catholic church. To be eligible, Jessica went to church every week for

months and attended adult confirmation classes for 13 months. Pedro testified that they

did not receive “a…