Wisconsin Statutes
Wis. Stat. § 944.05 (2026)
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944.05(1)(a)(a) Contracts a marriage in this state with knowledge that his or her prior marriage is not dissolved; or
944.05(1)(b)(b) Contracts a marriage in this state with knowledge that the prior marriage of the person he or she marries is not dissolved; or
944.05(1)(c)(c) Cohabits in this state with a person whom he or she married outside this state with knowledge that his or her own prior marriage had not been dissolved or with knowledge that the prior marriage of the person he or she married had not been dissolved.
944.05(2)(2) In this section “cohabit” means to live together under the representation or appearance of being married.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2004–2018 · leading case: State v. Green, 2004 UT 76, 99 P.3d 820.
State v. Green, 2004 UT 76, 99 P.3d 820. “2-362 (2003); Wis. Stat. Ann. § 944.05 (2003). [14] Green's circumstances illustrate this point.”
Estes v. State, 546 S.W.3d 691 (Tex. Crim. App. 2018). “Law § 10-502 (2002); Wis. Stat. § 944.05 (2001); Okla. Stat. tit.”
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