Cite as: 43 CNCA § 13

The last preceding section does not extend:

1. To any person whose husband or wife by a former marriage has been absent for five (5) successive years without being known to such person within that time to be living; nor

2. To any person whose husband or wife by a former marriage has absented himself or herself from his wife or husband and has been continually remaining without the United States for a space of five (5) years together; nor

3. To any person by reason of any former marriage which has been pronounced void, annulled or dissolved by the judgment of a competent court; nor

4. To any person by reason of any former marriage with a husband or wife who has been sentenced to imprisonment for life.

Historical Data

LA 26–04, eff. June 18, 2004.