Adding a "remarriage" between divorced spouses?

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Hi, Family -- I just created a profile for my great-aunt's Bernice's [Richmond-5839] husband, Orvey [Foss-3509]. They married 1917, divorced 1920, remarried 1923. I'm trying to add her [existing] spouse Orvey as a new marriage, and it won't let me, giving me this dead-end response:

You are not on the Trusted List of WikiTree contributors, "Orvey Foss (1895-1969)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Foss-3509 : accessed 06 August 2023).

How do I add/cite this 2nd marriage properly?

Thanks in advance,

Dottie
WikiTree profile: Bernice Foss
in WikiTree Help by D. Simmons G2G2 (2.5k points)
retagged by Ellen Smith

2 Answers

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Remarriages to a previous spouse can only be explained in the bio. The system will not allow you to add him formally as a spouse a second time.
by Nancy Thomas G2G6 Pilot (210k points)
selected by D. Simmons
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PS -- I finally found the real reasons I can't do this in an answer by Chris Whitten in Jan 2019: "Sorry, WikiTree isn't set up to handle this in the data fields. (It's an uncommon situation, so allowing it would allow the more common mistake of entering marriages twice or neglecting to merge them.)"  I wasn't able to find the answer in my searches because I wasn't framing the question correctly. So -- thanks to all who read and answer me. I will just use the 1st marriage and divorce because it produced the children, then record the 2nd marriage in the bio sections of both. Thank you all!
by D. Simmons G2G2 (2.5k points)

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