Re: Stepfather Hook?

Milha and Rumple never divorced, since Rumple thought she had been captured or even killed by pirates. After he became the Dark One, Rumple was shocked to discover his wife was still living when she pleaded for Hook’s life. Rumple realized she had willingly run off with Hook. Despite being presumed dead, she was still living, and so her marriage to Rumple would still have been legally binding. So, if Milha had sought to marry Hook without first legally divorcing Rumple (assuming that was even an option), Milha would have been unable to marry a second time or would have committed bigamy. Pirates rarely upheld moral convictions, as evidenced by the fact that Hook and Milha committed adultery in the name of “true love” and Milha abandoned Bae. As a pirate captain, Hook could have declared his rights to officiate a “wedding” for him and Milha, but Milha couldn’t legally marry Killian while her first husband was still living.