Second Marriage Biodata Format for a Girl and a Boy

Most of a second-marriage biodata is what anyone would write: your education, your work, your family and a few honest lines about yourself. Two rows are new: your marital status and, if you have children, a line about them. Both are shorter than people expect, and neither needs the story of what happened.

Below are three complete formats that paste straight into Word or Google Docs: one for a girl who is divorced with no children, one for a boy who is divorced and whose son lives with him, and one for a widowed woman, written by her family. After them come the lines people find hardest to word, including what to write while a divorce is still going through.

If you're starting from nothing, the marriage biodata format guide explains every section. This page covers what changes the second time.

Second marriage biodata format for a girl

Rutuja is 32, a chartered accountant in Pune, and she's writing her own. All three people on this page are invented.

PERSONAL DETAILS
Name: Rutuja Pawar
Date of Birth: 3 February 1993
Age: 32
Height: 5 ft 3 in
Marital Status: Divorced (2024)
Children: None
Mother Tongue: Marathi
Current Location: Pune, Maharashtra

EDUCATION & CAREER
Education: Chartered Accountant (ICAI, 2017); B.Com, Savitribai Phule
Pune University (2014)
Occupation: Audit Manager
Organisation: A chartered accountancy firm in Pune
Annual Income: ₹16 to 18 lakh per annum

FAMILY DETAILS
Father: Sunil Pawar, retired from the state electricity board
Mother: Asha Pawar, runs a tailoring class from home
Siblings: One younger brother, software engineer in Bengaluru, married
Family Background: The family is from Satara and has lived in Pune
since 1996.

CULTURAL DETAILS
Religion: Hindu
Food: Vegetarian

ABOUT ME
I'm a chartered accountant and I've spent the last eight years in audit,
which suits me better than it sounds. I was married in 2022 and divorced
in 2024, and there are no children. I run on Sunday mornings, cook a
proper Maharashtrian meal most weekends, and I'm slowly working my way
through every fort near Pune. I'd like a partner who's settled in their
own work and doesn't mind that mine has a busy season every year.

PARTNER PREFERENCES
Age: 32 to 38
Education: Graduate or above
Marital Status: Never married or previously married, either is fine
Location: Pune preferred, open to Mumbai

CONTACT
Phone: 98XXXXXX41 (mine)
Email: rutuja.p@example.com

The status row carries the year, and the next row says there are no children, so nobody has to ask either question. Her About Me mentions the marriage once, in one sentence, and moves on. The two dates also tell the reader the marriage was short, without her having to say so.

Her partner preferences answer something a reader may not ask out loud: whether she's open to someone who has been married before.

Second marriage biodata format for a boy

Anirban is 37, a civil engineer in Kolkata. He's divorced, and his son lives with him.

PERSONAL DETAILS
Name: Anirban Sen
Date of Birth: 22 August 1988
Age: 37
Height: 5 ft 9 in
Marital Status: Divorced (2023)
Children: One son, 6, lives with me
Mother Tongue: Bengali
Current Location: Kolkata, West Bengal

EDUCATION & CAREER
Education: B.E. Civil Engineering, Jadavpur University (2010)
Occupation: Project Manager
Organisation: An infrastructure company, currently on a metro rail project
Annual Income: ₹24 lakh per annum

FAMILY DETAILS
Father: Pradip Sen, retired schoolteacher
Mother: Mitali Sen, retired from a nationalised bank
Siblings: One elder sister, doctor in Pune, married
Family Background: My parents live with us and help look after my son.

CULTURAL DETAILS
Religion: Hindu
Food: Non-vegetarian

ABOUT ME
I'm a civil engineer and I've been with the same company for eleven
years, currently on one of the metro lines in Kolkata. My son is six and
lives with me, and my parents live with us too, so the house is busy and
fairly loud. I was divorced in 2023. Most of my free time goes to him:
football on Saturdays, homework in the evenings, and I've become a better
cook than I expected to. I'm hoping to meet someone who'd be happy in a
family that already has a six-year-old in it.

PARTNER PREFERENCES
Age: 32 to 38
Education: Graduate or above
Profession: Any
Must be comfortable with my son living with us
Children from a previous marriage are welcome

CONTACT
Phone: 98XXXXXX27 (mine)
Email: anirban.sen@example.com

The children row says who his son lives with, and that one detail changes what the other family is considering: a child in the house every day, not one who visits. It belongs on the biodata, not in the third conversation.

His partner preferences lead with the condition that matters most to him, written as a fact about his household rather than a test. The last line answers a question for a reader who has children of her own.

Second marriage biodata for a widowed woman, written by her family

Sharon is 35, a pharmacist in Mangaluru, and her husband passed away in 2022. Her parents filled in the rows, and the About Me is in her own words.

PERSONAL DETAILS
Name: Sharon Lobo
Date of Birth: 9 May 1990
Age: 35
Height: 5 ft 2 in
Marital Status: Widowed (2022)
Children: One daughter, 9, who lives with Sharon
Mother Tongue: Konkani
Current Location: Mangaluru, Karnataka

EDUCATION & CAREER
Education: M.Pharm, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (2014)
Occupation: Senior Pharmacist
Organisation: A multi-speciality hospital in Mangaluru

FAMILY DETAILS
Father: Joseph Saldanha, retired schoolteacher
Mother: Lilly Saldanha, homemaker
Siblings: One younger brother, works in Dubai, married
Family Background: The family has lived in Mangaluru for three
generations. Sharon and her daughter live ten minutes from us.

CULTURAL DETAILS
Religion: Christian (Roman Catholic)
Food: Non-vegetarian

ABOUT ME
I'm a pharmacist at a hospital in Mangaluru and I've worked there for
eight years. My husband passed away in 2022. My daughter is nine, and most
of our evenings go on homework and her keyboard practice. On Sundays we're
usually at my parents' place for lunch. I'd like to meet someone who's
settled in his own work and who'd be glad to have a nine-year-old around.

PARTNER PREFERENCES
Age: 35 to 42
Education: Graduate or above
Should be comfortable with her daughter being part of the family
Location: Mangaluru or Bengaluru

CONTACT
Joseph Saldanha (father): +91 94480 00000
Best reached: after 6 PM

One line about her husband is enough. The biodata doesn't need his name, what happened, or how long they were married. She's kept her married surname, so her parents' surname is different, and that needs no explanation on the biodata.

If you're a parent or sibling writing one like this, go through every line with her before it's sent. It's her history, and she's the one who'll be answering questions about it. The About Me guide explains why that section reads best in the person's own voice, even when someone else does the typing.

Writing the marital status line

Divorced or widowed

"Divorced" or "Widowed" on its own is complete. Adding the year helps, because it answers the next question, how long ago, without a sentence of explanation.

Marital Status: Divorced
Marital Status: Divorced (2023)
Marital Status: Divorced (2024), no children
Marital Status: Divorced (married 2022, divorced 2023)
Marital Status: Widowed (2021)
Marital Status: Widowed (2021), one son, 11

If the marriage was short, the fourth line shows how to let the dates say it.

Awaiting divorce

"Awaiting divorce" means the divorce has been filed but the final decree hasn't come through. On Marriage Profile it's one of the four statuses, and a family reading the biodata in Hindi sees तलाक प्रक्रियाधीन, in Marathi घटस्फोट प्रक्रियेत, and in Gujarati છૂટાછેડા પ્રક્રિયામાં.

Some families wait for the decree before sending a biodata out, and others start earlier. That's for you and your family to decide. If you're sending it now, say where things stand and stop there.

Marital Status: Awaiting divorce
Marital Status: Awaiting divorce (mutual consent)
Marital Status: Awaiting divorce (filed in 2025)

Leave out the court, the case number, hearing dates and the date you expect it to finish. They identify you, they change, and none of them helps a family decide whether to talk to you. When you'll be free to marry again depends on the law that applies to your marriage, so that's a question for your lawyer, not for the biodata.

When the decree comes through, change the line to "Divorced" and the year.

Annulled, or separated

If your marriage was annulled, write that, with the year: "Marriage annulled (2023)". If you're separated and haven't filed for divorce, "Separated, divorce not yet filed" is accurate and enough.

On Marriage Profile, the status dropdown has neither option. Leave it empty, which keeps the row off the biodata, and say it in a sentence in your About Me.

"Innocent divorcee" and "issueless"

You'll come across both on other biodatas. "Innocent divorcee" is meant to say the divorce wasn't your doing, but some readers see it as blaming the other side. The dates, and "no children" if that's true, give the same facts without a label.

"Issueless" is an older way of saying you have no children. "No children" says it more plainly.

Mentioning your children

How many, how old, and who they live with. That's enough for a biodata.

Children: None
Children: One son, 6, lives with me
Children: One daughter, 7, lives with her mother; I see her every weekend
Children: Two, 12 and 9; we share custody and they're with me alternate weeks
Children: One son, 15, at boarding school; home with me in the holidays

Who they live with matters because it describes the household: a child at home every day, or one who visits. Families often want to understand that early, and it's better coming from you.

Leave out their names, photos and school. A biodata travels well beyond the people you send it to, and your children didn't choose to be on it.

If having your child at home is a condition, say it again in your partner preferences, the way Anirban's biodata does. The partner expectations guide has more lines like that.

What to leave out

• Why it ended. It's the first thing some readers wonder about and the last thing a biodata can explain well. If a family wants to know, they'll ask, and you can answer in person, in your own words.
• Blame, in any direction. Even a mild line about your former spouse reads badly to a stranger, whatever the truth was.
• Your former spouse's name. It identifies someone who hasn't agreed to be on your biodata.
• Case details, maintenance and settlements. None of it helps a family decide whether to meet you.
• "Ended amicably" or "no fault of mine". Lines like these are meant to close the question, and they tend to invite it.
• Photos from the earlier marriage, even cropped ones. A cropped wedding photo is easy to spot. Use a recent one, taken on its own.

Copy it into Word or Google Docs

1. Copy the format closest to your situation and paste it into a new Word or Google Docs file.
2. Replace every detail with your own, delete the rows that don't apply, and make the section headings bold.
3. Save it as a PDF so it looks the same on any phone.

Before you send it, how to share a marriage biodata covers whether to send a PDF or a link, and what to write in the message.

Making it on Marriage Profile

A biodata on Marriage Profile lives at one link. If your status changes, from awaiting divorce to divorced, say, you change one field, and anyone who opens the link from then on sees the new line. A PDF someone saved earlier won't change, which is one reason to send the link rather than the file.

Marital status is a dropdown in the first step, with four options: Never Married, Divorced, Widowed and Awaiting Divorce. It's optional, and it appears with your personal details. For an annulled marriage or a separation, leave it empty and say it in your About Me.

There's no separate field for the year, for your children, or for the marital status you'd accept in a partner, and partner preferences cover age, height, education and profession. So the year, your children's line and any condition about them go in your About Me, which takes up to 1,000 characters. The lines on this page fit comfortably.

If you'd rather the biodata didn't travel freely, make it private with a view password and give that password only to the families you choose. Search engines won't list it unless you switch that on, and visitors can't download a PDF unless you allow it. None of that stops a screenshot. A profile photo is required to publish, so the password is how you limit who sees it. Password protection, and how many edits you get, depend on your plan.

The template gallery shows the same details in eight designs.