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Tuesday, March 24, 2015

2C:24-1 Bigamy

2C:24-1  Bigamy
      a.  Bigamy.    A married person is guilty of bigamy, a disorderly persons  offense, if he contracts or purports to contract another marriage, unless at  the time of the subsequent marriage:

    (1) The actor believes that the prior spouse is dead;

     (2) The actor and the prior spouse have been living apart for 5 consecutive  years throughout which the prior spouse was not known by the actor to be  alive;

    (3) A court has entered a judgment purporting to terminate or annul any prior disqualifying marriage, and the actor does not know that judgment to be invalid;  or

    (4) The actor reasonably believes that he is legally eligible to remarry.

       b.  Other party to bigamous marriage.    A person is guilty of bigamy if he contracts or purports to contract marriage with another knowing that the other is thereby committing bigamy.
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