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Would This Be Bigamy?
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A hypothetical question, arising from a book I've just read: If a person is officially declared dead and the widow/widower subsequently re-marries, is that marriage legal if the 'dead' person later turns up?
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Once a person is legally 'dead' any marriage they had would be legally over, so the remaining partner is free to remarry . If it turned out that the person was not dead their marriage is still over. The partners 2nd marriage is still legal . Not a situation that is likely to occur in real life, though stranger things have happened.
08:10 Sat 28th Feb 2015
Once a person is legally 'dead' any marriage they had would be legally over, so the remaining partner is free to remarry . If it turned out that the person was not dead their marriage is still over. The partners 2nd marriage is still legal . Not a situation that is likely to occur in real life, though stranger things have happened.
bigamy involves and intention to marry whilst knowingly being married
so no it would not be bigamy
The civil contracts have to be unwound which can be fun - they come into the category of 'voidable'
in a bigamous marriage the bigamous partner cannot lawfully enter into a contract that involves being married and yet the innocent partner can !
so no it would not be bigamy
The civil contracts have to be unwound which can be fun - they come into the category of 'voidable'
in a bigamous marriage the bigamous partner cannot lawfully enter into a contract that involves being married and yet the innocent partner can !