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In reply to the discussion: What, exactly, makes Platner's skull and crossbones Nazi? [View all]karynnj
(61,168 posts)Collins and her husband have known he other since she was a 21 year old college senior he, as CoS to Senator Cohen, hired her as an intern. https://washingtonmonthly.com/2012/08/13/sen-collins-marries-friend-mentor/.
There is nothing on when he received his divorce. Looking on the internet, one possibility is that they were at least separated years before his marriage to Collins. In her obituary, it mentions that when she retired, date not specified, she moved from the DC area to Maine to be closer to an autistic son, who died in 2009. It is certainly, possible that they maintained two homes and the marriage was still intact. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/mainetoday-pressherald/name/margot-daffron-obituary?id=20447049. Here is the son's obituary.https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/mainetoday-pressherald/name/thomas-daffron-obituary?id=23930907
Not knowing anything other than these three Google finds, it seems that this could be a very complicated situation. Clearly the media protected Collins. From the obituaries, it sounds like the wife stayed home with the children, including one who was non verbal and autistic for decades.
He married Susan Collins in August 2012. His first wife died after a two year cancer fight in July 2013. No date is given for their divorce.