Indiana Code

Ind. Code § 35-46-1-2 (2026)

Bigamy

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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.

As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.6. Amended by Acts 1977, P.L.340, SEC.85; P.L.158-2013, SEC.548.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2018–2020 · leading case: Estes v. State, 546 S.W.3d 691 (Tex. Crim. App. 2018).

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Estes v. State, 546 S.W.3d 691 (Tex. Crim. App. 2018). “Code § 22-501 (2016) ; Ind. Code § 35-46-1-2 (2014) ; La. Stat. Ann.”

Maurice E. Turentine v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.) (Ind. Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 2× “3 Indiana Code Section 35-46-1-2 provides that: “[a] person who, being married and knowing that the person’s spouse is alive, marries again commits 3 Because we decide that the evidence is irrelevant pursuant to Indiana Rules of Evidence 401 and 402 and inadmissible pursuant…”

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