Sec. 2. (a) A person who, being married and knowing that the person's spouse is alive, marries again commits bigamy, a Level 6 felony.
(b) It is a defense that the accused person reasonably believed that the person was eligible to remarry.
Bigamy
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Estes v. State (2018)
Most recently applied in Estes v. State (May 2018)
As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.6
Sec. 2. (a) A person who, being married and knowing that the person's spouse is alive, marries again commits bigamy, a Level 6 felony.
(b) It is a defense that the accused person reasonably believed that the person was eligible to remarry.
Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.