Considering a marriage certificate is an actual merger of the two person corporations to the government corporation this bad situation did them both a favor. Well, if they annulled it anyway. Otherwise all it did was remove God from between them and replaced Him with the State. Assuming it was a a religious bond to begin with. This one of the toughest gov contracts to get out of because it involves two people that have to be in agreement over it. Every single gov form that uses the ALL CAPS name is a contract that limits the natural living (wo)man in some way. Usually constitutional freedoms are given up.

Edit: now that I think about it. Medical bills are unsecured debt so they didn’t have to divorce. They could’ve just set it off using UCC-3. Knowledge is power.