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1: Damiani & Damiani [2012] FamCA 535 | July 9, 2012
Court or Tribunal: Family Court of Australia
Catchwords: Child Support, Contributions, Departure Application, Departure Determination, Property, Property Settlement
Judges:  Watts J

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2: Wright & Wright [2012] FamCA 216 | March 26, 2012
Court or Tribunal: Family Court of Australia
Catchwords: Annulment, Marriage, Nullity
Judges:  Watts J

Background: The parties were married by way of a ceremony that took place at the registry office in London in January 2004. Subsequently the parties entered into a second ceremony of marriage in New South Wales at Town A in August 2004. On 2 June 2011, the parties jointly made an application to the Federal Magistrates Court for dissolution of both the marriages. On 3 August 2011 a registrar made a divorce order in respect of the marriage solemnised in London in April 2004.  The registrar was unable to make any orders in respect of the Australian marriage and concluded that you can only be divorced once and also concluded that the registrar had no power to make a declaration of invalidity in respect of the second ceremony. 
 
  [Legal Issue]The parties had married in London in January 2004, before subsequently marrying in New South Wales, asserting they had never been married before. The parties were granted a divorce order in the Federal Magistrates Court in respect of the marriage ceremony that was solemnised in London. Given that the parties were legally married when they involved themselves in the Australian ceremony, the Court was satisfied that that ceremony had no legal effect and a declaration of nullity was granted. Where a person is already married, and enters a second purported marriage without the first marriage having been dissolved (by divorce or death of a party, for instance), the second marriage will be void.   [Court Orders]That part of the definition of matrimonial cause refers to proceedings for a declaration as to the validity of a marriage. Given that the parties were legally married at the time that they involved themselves in the ceremony at Town A in August 2004, I am satisfied that that ceremony had no effect and any marriage that was purported to have taken place on that day was invalid.     


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