RSMo 451.030effective 28 Aug 1939

Bigamous marriage void

In plain English

A marriage is not valid if one of the people getting married is still married to someone else. The only exception is if the first marriage was legally ended before the new one happened.

Word-for-word law

451.030. Bigamous marriage . — All marriages, where either of the parties has a former wife or husband living, shall be void, unless the former marriage shall have been .

(RSMo 1939 § 3362)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 2975; 1919 § 7300; 1909 § 8281

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