1. Since you already have legally wedded wife, you can not enter into any live in relationship with anyone. 2. Your wife can claim for divorce on the ground of Adultry.

Unlike the romantic weddings of today, marriage in ancient Rome was an arrangement between two families. Marriage in Roman times was often not at all romantic. Rather, it was an agreement between families. Men would usually marry in their mid-twenties, while women married while they were still in their early teens.

In 2011, the B.C. Supreme Court upheld the section of the Criminal Code that prohibits polygamy as constitutional and ruled that the harm against women and children from polygamy far outweighs concerns over protecting religious freedom.

What is Bigamy? Bigamy in simple terms means entering a second marriage while still being married to the first spouse. The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 which extends to the whole of India declares marriage to a second woman while the first wife is alive and not divorced as illegal.

Some of the most popular proponents of polygyny in history have been Mormons, famously depicted in HBO drama Big Love and reality series Sister Wives. Polygamy is legal in 58 out of 200 countries around the world. Plural marriage was permitted by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1852 and 1890.

No. Livin relationship is not a contract that can be legally enforceable. Marital status of man does not matter. Both married and unmarried cannot enforce it against woman.

If a man fathers another woman’s child while he is married, his wife is not the legal mother of that child. As the legal father of the children born during his marriage, a husband may have custody and parenting time. He may also be responsible for providing child support and health insurance.

Polygamy is illegal in Japan. Shibuya reportedly married some of the women but later divorced them.

Section 293 of the Criminal Code of Canada explicitly bans polygamy and threatens offenders with a five-year prison term. Bigamy is named as a similarly serious crime in Section 290.

It’s against the law to be married to more than 1 person at a time. You can’t come to Canada with more than 1 spouse, even if you were married to more than 1 person in the past.

Polygamous marriages may not be performed in the United Kingdom, and if a polygamous marriage is performed, the already-married person may be guilty of the crime of bigamy under the s. 11 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973.

Polygamy is not legally recognised in Australia. However, the offence of bigamy only applies to attempts to contract a legally recognised marriage; it does not apply to polygamous marriages where there is no attempt to gain recognition for the marriage under Australian law.

By definition you cannot have a polygamous marriage in Australia without being married to two people at once, which would make you guilty of the criminal offence of bigamy. Thus, polygamy in Australia is not legal.

United States. Polygamy is the act or condition of a person marrying another person while still being lawfully married to another spouse. It is illegal in the United States. The crime is punishable by a fine, imprisonment, or both, according to the law of the individual state and the circumstances of the offense.

The husband in an existing customary marriage wishing to marry a second wife must apply to a competent court for such a marriage to be legal. Hence former President Jacob Zuma currently has four legally-recognised wives.