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How do I uncouple a marriage relationship?

Jeanne Gunter
Jeanne Gunter ✭
May 5, 2020 edited July 22, 2024 in Family Tree
How do I uncouple a marriage relationship?

Recently, through BYU Family History Lab's Descendancy Explorer, my father was listed as able to have a spouse sealed to him. The available spouse is Mary ALICE Richardson, G3F9-7MP, who was born in Ohio in 1918. My father, Ira Edward Whitlock, LF6S-27L, 1925-2017, was married and sealed to my mother, Mary ALYCE Richardson, LF6S-2CY, who is still living. Mary ALYCE Richardson's birthdate is 4 August 1926 and is the only spouse my father was married and sealed to. I don't know how to take Mary ALICE Richardson's relationship to my father away since she's not a possible duplicate of my mother who is still a living person. The sources for Mary ALICE are also somewhat combined with those of my mother. How can I resolve this issue in Family Search since all of Mary Alice's ordinances are available to be completed, including sealing to my father? Help!

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  • Brett .
    Brett . ✭✭✭✭✭
    May 6, 2020 Answer ✓

    @Jeanne Gunter​ 

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    Jeanne

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    Easy.

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    Pictorially

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    (1) Step 1. Select the "Pencil" 'Icon' being the "Couple" Relationship.

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    Ira Edward WHITLOCK being LF6S-27L _ Second Spouse _ Remove

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    (2) Step 2. Against/Under 'Wife' select the "Remove or Replace".

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    Ira Edward WHITLOCK being LF6S-27L _ Second Spouse _ Remove _ 2

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    (3) Step 3. Select the "Check Box"; then, select the "Remove Person".

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    Ira Edward WHITLOCK being LF6S-27L _ Second Spouse _ Remove _ 3

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    (4) Sep 4. Add a "Reason"; and, then select "Remove".

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    Ira Edward WHITLOCK being LF6S-27L _ Second Spouse _ Remove _ 4

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    Done.

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    I hope this helps.

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    Brett

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  • Jeanne Gunter
    Jeanne Gunter ✭
    May 6, 2020

    Thank you for the help. I just completed the removal of Mary Alice Richardson -- great weight has been lifted off my shoulders!

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