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What evidence is needed to prosecute bigamy in 2022
Time:2025-08-28 Views:1582
There are two types: one is a legal marriage with a marriage certificate obtained, and the other is a cohabitation as husband and wife without a marriage certificate. Therefore, regarding what evidence is needed for bigamy, it specifically depends on two situations:
1. Legal marriage with a marriage certificate: This situation is relatively simple. The required evidence includes direct evidence such as marriage registration or a forged marriage certificate, and the birth certificate of a child born with another person.
2. Cohabiting as husband and wife without obtaining a marriage certificate: In this case, since there is no direct evidence like in the previous situation, it is rather troublesome to collect evidence. The specific evidence that can be collected includes: witness statements from friends, guarantee letters and confessions from the party involved in the extramarital affair, photos and videos of the two parties going in and out together, intimate text messages sent by both parties, and so on.
After determining what evidence is needed for bigamy, one can selectively collect evidence of the other party's bigamy.
1. Conduct both open and covert investigations of the places where they live and reside
The most crucial point in determining bigamy is cohabitation with another person. Therefore, the location of cohabitation is of great significance. Only by finding the place of cohabitation can further marital investigation and evidence collection be carried out.
2. Build good relationships with people around the place where the bigamist lives
To determine whether a bigamist has truly committed bigamy, it is also necessary to see if he has cohabited with someone else under the guise of a married couple. And this requires the recognition of someone. Whose recognition is the best? Of course, it's people who live nearby and have frequent contact with them! Therefore, the words (approval) of these people are absolutely indispensable and crucial evidence. If you want them to speak, you must get along well with them; otherwise, it will be very difficult for you to get any valuable words out of their mouths.
3. Report to the police and ask them to investigate.
4. Go to the marriage registration office to inquire about the marital status of the party involved in the extramarital affair. If there is a registration, one can request the staff of the civil affairs department to cooperate in obtaining evidence of bigamy.
The evidence for such criminal cases includes: the suspect's confession, the victim's statement, the marriage certificate of the suspect and his legal spouse, the marriage certificate with a third party, witness statements, photos, audio-visual materials: audio and video recordings.
The above is the evidence collected by the editor of Fan Neng Law Firm for you regarding what evidence is needed to file a lawsuit for bigamy in 2022. The required evidence includes direct evidence such as marriage registration or forged marriage certificates, birth certificates of children born with others, witness statements from friends, guarantee letters and confessions from the party involved in the extramarital affair, and photos and videos of both parties in and out of the extramarital affair. If you have any other questions, please feel free to consult the lawyers of Fan Neng Law Firm. Sichuan Faneng Law Firm is dedicated to serving you.