Actually, the status of a couple's previous marriage is no concern of the rabbi. If a mixed-marriage couple comes before him with the request that the Gentile be converted, if he is convinced that they are both sincere, he certainly may convert a married woman as readily as he might a single woman even though, as mentioned above, some Orthodox authorities would oppose remarrying a woman to a man to whom she had already been married; but on this the Conference is liberal, and many Orthodox rabbis are likewise liberal. Otherwise we would not be able to remarry people who had previously been married by civil authority because the same objection would apply, since they had lived together. It is for the rabbi to satisfy himself that the pledge they make to raise their children as Jewish , to live a Jewish life, is a sincere one. If he is convinced of that, he certainly may convert and marry them. All this is understood as from our more liberal Reform point of view. This is the clear decision of the Conference; see"Report on Mixed Marriage and Intermarriage," from which I quote:
If, however, the Christian member of the couple desires to convert, we should accept him or her, if sincere, as a candidate for proselytizing. In this regard our attitude would be consistent with that which we take in the case of a mixed civil marriage, in spite of the fact that under such circumstances traditional law would hesitate to accept the convert. Similarly, after conversion we would insist that the couple shall be remarried by a Jewish ceremony.(p. 12)