Marriage and Mental Capacity
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…

Catchwords: Dementia, Marriage Annulment, Mental Health in Family Law, Null and Void

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2: Dementia patient’s marriage voided by mental incapacity | March 24, 2014

It was an autumn wedding. He was 78, about to move into a nursing home and suffering from dementia. She was his 49-year-old former cleaner.
Weeks earlier, she had accompanied her fiance to his solicitor to change his will to leave her everything. But the course of true love never did run smooth, and the groom’s family challenged the marriage in the Family Court.
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Catchwords: Child Custody Dispute

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3: 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…

Catchwords: Marriage, Null and Void

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4: 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…

Catchwords: Deceit, Marriage, Marriage Fraud, Null and Void

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5: 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…

Catchwords: Marriage, Marriage and De Facto, Marriage Fraud, Null and Void