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Ind. Code § 31-13-1-2

Bigamous marriages

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Hardin (1998)

Most recently applied in Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Hardin (August 1998)

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.5.

Sec. 2. If:

(1) a marriage is void because either of the parties to the marriage has a living husband or wife; and

(2) either of the parties to the marriage did not reasonably believe that either of the parties had a living husband or wife;

the children of the marriage shall be treated as if the children are children of a marriage that is not void if the children were conceived before the discovery that a party to the marriage had a living husband or wife.

Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.