Its nonsensical logic in the land of the mad.
He didnt do the right kind of divorce. You have to specify, now, you want a legally binding clean break or else your still married, but then why go for the divorce in the first place.
He obviously didnt know he didnt have the right kind of divorce, otherwise he wouldnt be in this trouble in the first place so why wasnt he informed at the time?
This sort of thing nullifys the worth of anything, to do with the law. You have to specificy in the specificitys of specifications so specificically so that its worthless even trying. It seems theres no room for common sense or current interpretations.