Guam · Guam Code Annotated Title 9 — Crimes & Corrections

9 GCA § 31.10: Bigamy; Defined & Punished

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

Bigamy is a misdemeanor. A married person commits bigamy by contracting another marriage unless they believed the prior spouse was dead, lived apart for five years, had a court judgment terminating the prior marriage, or reasonably believed they were legally eligible to remarry.

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