If a Bahá'í has married without a Bahá'í ceremony, after
becoming a Bahá'í, and then dissolves this marriage by divorce, there is no
question of requiring a Bahá'í divorce or observance of a year of waiting,
because there was, in Bahá'í law, no recognized marriage.
- The Universal House of Justice (From a letter dated May 20, 1971, to a National Spiritual
Assembly; Developing Distinctive Baha'i Communities, NSA of USA, 1998 edition)
