There are two kinds of bigamous marriages namely:
1. The void bigamous marriage, which is contracted by a person during the subsitence of his or her previous marriage. Here, the good faith of the party who marries again is immaterial; the second marriage would still be void.
On the other hand, the person who marries again in bad faith is even criminally liable for bigamy; and
2. The voidable bigamous marriage, which is contracted by a person whose spouse has been absent for four consecutive years or two years, said person having well-founded belief that his or her spouse was already dead, and after having the latter judicially declared presumptively dead in a summary proceeding as provided by law
For not criminally liable at the second paragraph. The present spouse must first ask for a declaration of presumptive of death of the absent spouse in order not to be guilty of bigammy in case he or she marries again.
Ok. That seems clear enough except for one detail...
Apparently, the first kind (void bigamous marriage) is divided into two: those done in good faith, and those done in bad faith. No question about the latter.
My question is: what circumstances would fall under void bigamous marriages 'done in good faith'?
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