2C:24-1 - Bigamy
2C:24-1.Ā Bigamy
a.Ā Bigamy. A married person is guilty of bigamy, a disorderly personsĀ offense, if he contracts or purports to contract another marriage, unless atĀ 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 consecutiveĀ years throughout which the prior spouse was not known by the actor to beĀ 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;Ā or
(4) The actor reasonably believes that he is legally eligible to remarry.
b.Ā 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.
L.1978, c. 95, s. 2C:24-1, eff. Sept. 1, 1979.
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a.Ā Bigamy. A married person is guilty of bigamy, a disorderly personsĀ offense, if he contracts or purports to contract another marriage, unless atĀ 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 consecutiveĀ years throughout which the prior spouse was not known by the actor to beĀ 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;Ā or
(4) The actor reasonably believes that he is legally eligible to remarry.
b.Ā 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.
L.1978, c. 95, s. 2C:24-1, eff. Sept. 1, 1979.
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