can u get in trouble if you gat married in Las Vegas if you are married in California?
2007-02-20 18:11:09 · 17 answers · asked by Gabriela 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
Bigamy.
Its a Federal offense as stated under the 1862 Morrill Act Of The Bears and the later DOMA. (Defense of Marriage Act).
Typically this is a states issue (both NV and CA outlaw it) so you are violating both state and federal laws.
Best advice you will get is to find a lawyer and fast.
2007-02-20 18:19:23 · answer #1 · answered by jw 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Bigamy is not legal in any state, you need to get a divorce from the first marriage or get the second one annuled. There are lots of issues with taxes and some states will even jail you. Including Utah (( I know because I live in Utah ))
2007-02-20 18:16:57 · answer #2 · answered by nemsethcszardescu 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
enable me turn this around: If 2 men or 2 women human beings want to get married, why do they care what you, I, the government or everybody else thinks? there are a lot of innovative churches or liberal justices of the peace which will carry out the ceremony. they could flow forward and alter into married; it basically should not be legally regarded in maximum states. it is not comparable to a collection of state and federal regulation enforcement brokers are going to attend outdoors the door for the two one in each of them back out. that may no longer approximately marriage; this is approximately forcing human beings to renowned the marriage. And what organisation is it of yours if I do or do no longer know it?
2016-09-29 10:02:56 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
everybody up there is right about it.
how much trouble? more than double of what you wished for. bigamy is not a game; it's a gamble you can't win anywhere, even in Vegas.
2007-02-20 18:24:11 · answer #4 · answered by saberlingo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you can go to jail. A second marriage isn't legal unless the first one is divorced. Make good choices. Good luck.
2007-02-20 18:44:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of things could happen to you. But the real question is how many people will be hurt and how many lives ruined when it's discovered
2007-02-21 00:13:42 · answer #6 · answered by Dan ( 2 ) 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes thats bigamy if your married to two men agaisnt the law
2007-02-20 18:16:16 · answer #7 · answered by sweetgranny06 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably some jail time, not much...
Possibly just probation if you have money & a good lawyer...
2007-02-20 18:14:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a felony... doesn't matter which state you got married in.
2007-02-20 18:14:47 · answer #9 · answered by Amy S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
TRUSt me your in trouble. BETTER clear that up lest you go to jail.GEt an ATTORNEY.
2007-02-20 18:15:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋