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Not really. State laws do not provide for polygamous divorce, and, because most American polygamists live in insular religious communities, few cases addressing this issue have reached the courts. Judges have a few options. They can treat separating polygamists as unmarried cohabitants rather than spouses. (Common law marriage wouldn?t be an option, because it?s prohibited when one or more partner is already married.) That rules out alimony, but palimony?a division of the assets that a couple shared during their nonmarriage?might be available. It?s tricky to formulate a fair distribution in such cases, though, because the wives who remain in the marriage also have claims to the property. Alternatively, the judge could refuse to grant palimony altogether?in effect, treating the couple as less than cohabitants?to avoid legitimizing the illegal polygamous relationship.

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