Tenn. Code § 36-3-102

Current through Acts 2023-2024, ch. 1069

Section 36-3-102 - Second marriage before dissolution of first prohibited - Effect of absence for five years

A second marriage cannot be contracted before the dissolution of the first. But the first shall be regarded as dissolved, for this purpose, if either party has been absent five (5) years, and is not known to the other to be living.

T.C.A. § 36-3-102

Code 1858, § 2438 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 23, § 16); Shan., § 4188; Code 1932, § 8411; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-404.