Minnesota § 518.01 VOID MARRIAGES

Minnesota Statutes

§ 518.01 — VOID MARRIAGES

Minnesota § 518.01

PartDOMESTIC RELATIONS

Ch. 518MARRIAGE DISSOLUTION

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Minn. Stat. § 518.01 (2026).

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All marriages which are prohibited by section517.03shall be absolutely void, without any decree of dissolution or other legal proceedings; except if a person whose spouse has been absent for four successive years, without being known to the person to be living during that time, marries during the lifetime of the absent spouse, the marriage shall be void only from the time that its nullity is duly adjudged. If the absentee is declared dead in accordance with section578.17, the subsequent marriage shall not be void.

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All marriages which are prohibited by section517.03shall be absolutely void, without any decree of dissolution or other legal proceedings; except if a person whose spouse has been absent for four successive years, without being known to the person to be living during that time, marries during the lifetime of the absent spouse, the marriage shall be void only from the time that its nullity is duly adjudged. If the absentee is declared dead in accordance with section578.17, the subsequent marriage shall not be void.