Because ROC law provides a maximum five-year prison term for bigamy, there was much discussion about what kinds of legal problems these men with two wives would face. But since the law requires one of the wives to bring suit, the legal authorities did not pursue the issue.
由於我國的法律上規定的婚姻關係為一夫一妻制，重婚屬犯罪行為，要處五年以下的有期徒刑。因此開放探親之初，這些重續前緣的男人會牽涉到何種法律問題，一時引起社會廣泛討論，但因為重婚罪屬告訴乃論，只要配偶不興訟，法律上並不追訴。