Technically, Mark is right about one narrow point.

If a divorce is not finalized, then yes, the parties are still legally married on paper.

Fine.

But that technicality boomerangs right back into his own face.

Because on January 11, 2026, Mark publicly complained that it was “so weird” someone could still be legally married and tell people they were married, then ended his post with this line: “Pray we get divorced soon please.” That was not a statement of moral clarity. That was a public admission that his own divorce was still unfinished.

So let’s stop pretending this is about principle.

It is about projection.

The public record shows Mark filed the divorce on May 15, 2024. As of April 1, 2026, that dissolution case was still listed as Active. His attorney withdrew on March 13, 2025. That means that long after filing, long after hearings, and long after temporary orders, the case still was not done. And even Mark himself admitted that online when he begged people to “pray” it would finally get finished.

So the obvious question is not whether Tori is still legally married on paper.

The obvious question is: why is she still legally married on paper, Mark?

Why is the divorce you filed still open?

Why was your lawyer gone by March 2025?

Why were you online whining about an unfinished divorce in January 2026 instead of standing there with a finalized decree?

Why are you so comfortable using that unfinished status as a weapon against somebody else when it reflects just as directly on you?

Because this is where the sermon falls apart.

Mark wants to posture as if Tori’s legal status proves something shameful about her. But the same unfinished case also says something about him: he filed it, it stayed open, and even he was publicly acknowledging it still was not done.

And the context around it is ugly.

Before the divorce filing, Tori had already sought a protection order. The docket shows a temporary protection order, then an Order for Protection on March 18, 2024, then contempt proceedings, then an Order on Contempt, then an active $8,000 judgment against Mark, and later a renewal/reissue of the protection order on February 20, 2025. That is not the backdrop of some noble wronged husband patiently waiting for justice. That is a record full of conflict, court intervention, contempt, money owed, and continuing legal problems.

So no, the cheap online line about “still legally married” does not make Mark look insightful.

It makes him look trapped in a mess he still has not cleaned up.

And that is what makes the whole thing so pathetic.

He wants the audience staring at Tori’s label.

He does not want them staring at the docket.

He wants people whispering about who calls themselves married.

He does not want them asking why the case he started is still unresolved.

He wants to sound like a man exposing deception.

He sounds more like a man trying to redirect attention away from his own unfinished business.

Because if this divorce mattered to him as much as his Facebook posts pretend it does, then people are allowed to ask serious questions.

Was the delay tied to noncompliance?

Was it tied to discovery fights?

Was it tied to losing counsel?

Was it tied to disputes over money or property?

Was it tied to Mark making claims online that sounded cleaner than the courtroom record actually was?

Those are fair questions. They are not gossip. They are the natural result of a man publicly weaponizing an unfinished divorce while failing to explain why it remains unfinished.

And that is the point.

Yes, Tori may still be legally married on paper until the decree is entered.

But Mark does not get to use that paper status like a moral dagger while dodging the bigger question:

Why is it still paper, Mark?

Because if you are out there asking the public to pray your divorce gets finished, then you are also confessing that it has not been finished.

And when the case is still open, the lawyer is gone, and the surrounding court record includes protection orders, contempt, and an active judgment, the holier-than-thou routine stops looking righteous.

It starts looking desperate.