On the Crime of Bigamy
Here is another advice sought by my client one day. He is named B and working as an OFW in Italy. For more information, please read the post below: A and B, both Filipinos, were lawfully married on February 19, 1981 in General Santos City, Philippines. Sometime in 1995, B worked in Italy as an Overseas Filipino Worker or OFW. While working in Italy, B met another Filipino, C. Unfortunately, B and C fell in love with each other and they decided to get married in Italy. Could B liable for the crime of bigamy? To answer this question, we have to define what would constitute the crime of bigamy. According to the Revised Penal Code of the Philippines, a bigamy is committed when any person who shall contract a second or subsequent marriage before the former marriage has been legally dissolved, or before the absent spouse has been declared presumptively dead by means of a judgment rendered in the proper proceedings. A picture of bigamy take...