A 51-year-old Harris County man is sought after by the police after he allegedly fraudulently filed divorce papers—without telling his wife.
On May 14, officers with the Harris County Police responded to a call by a woman from Spring, Texas, who said her husband had finalized their divorce without her knowledge or consent.
"She advised that her husband filed for divorce and completed the entire proceedings without her knowledge or consent and that the court had already completed all hearings and filed the final divorce decree," Harris County Constable Mark Herman wrote on Facebook.
On Feb. 15, Paul Nixon, 51, reportedly filed for divorce from his wife, whose name has not been published, at a district court.
During the process, he further submitted a forged autograph of his wife and a forged notary public's approval of a waiver of service. Then, in April, a judge legally dissolved the marriage by signing a divorce order.
“We rarely see something like this,” he added. “In this particular case, the gentleman decided to go through a divorce but the only problem is, he left his wife out of the process. And that’s a violation of the law here in Texas.”
After the fraud came to light, officers immediately filed a motion to vacate the order and the marriage was reinstated. “They are still legally married,” Herman said. “The fraudulent divorce papers have been retracted.”
Nixon, meanwhile, is nowhere to be found. He may face up to 10 years in prison for aggravated forgery, which is a felony charge, and has a no-bond warrant for his arrest.
Nicolas Cage Files for Annulment Four Days After Marriage, Report Says
In another marriage debacle earlier this year, Nicolas Cage reportedly filed for an annulment just four days after he got married in Las Vegas.Cage, 55, has also requested a divorce if an annulment isn’t possible, the report said, citing court documents.
On March 23, the couple applied for a marriage license and got married in Las Vegas, it was reported.
Cage said the marriage was a fraud because she didn’t disclose "the full nature and extent of her relationship with another person,” adding that she also did not disclose her criminal history.
He said the annulment is justified because both had “such conflict in personalities and dispositions that are so deep as to render the two incompatible in marriage.”
His marriage to Koike is his fourth.
Cage also married waitress Alice Kim in 2004.