2022 Colorado Code
Title 15 - Probate, Trusts, and Fiduciaries
Article 10 - General Provisions, Definitions, Jurisdiction
Part 1 - Short Title, Construction, General Provisions
§ 15-10-109. Remarriage of Absentee's Spouse

Universal Citation: CO Code § 15-10-109 (2022)
  1. At any time after a finding of death of an absentee in a formal testacy proceeding under this code, the spouse of an absentee may remarry, and:
    1. Such subsequent marriage shall not constitute the offense of bigamy or any other criminal offense under the laws of this state, even though the absentee shall later be determined to be alive; and
    2. Upon such subsequent marriage, the marriage between the absentee and his said spouse shall be deemed to have been dissolved as of the date of the absentee's death as determined in accordance with section 15-10-107.

Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1540, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 153-1-109.

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