Null and Void

1: Grandpa’s ‘romance’ to Young Woman was Marriage Fraud, Court finds | February 5, 2015

In 2012 Justice Garry Foster was asked to declare a marriage between a dementia-affected grandfather and his lover and former cleaner void. In such a rare case, he had to consider whether the grandfather was mentally capable of understanding the effect and nature of marriage…

2: Spectre of dead spouse haunted second marriage, says annulment claim | June 3, 2013

A WOMAN has tried to have her marriage annulled because her husband was obsessed with his first wife and kept her ashes…

3: Family Court rules young Indian couple’s forced marriage ‘null and void’ | October 24, 2012

THE marriage of a young Indian couple has been declared “absolutely null and void” by a court because the groom was forced to wed…

4: Court told parents pressured man to wed | March 9, 2012

A MAN has asked for his 72-hour marriage to be annulled because he was pressured into it by his parents…

5: Wife’s AIDS lie ‘doesn’t violate marriage consent’ | December 3, 2011

A MAN whose bride did not tell him she had AIDS has lost a battle to have his marriage declared void…

6: Teenager says marriage a ‘sham for visa’ | October 6, 2011

A TEENAGER who claims her Indian husband only married her so he could get Australian citizenship has failed to have the marriage declared null and void…