The parties had contracted a bigamous mariage, though each in fact believed it not to be so. As to the court’s powers to order maintenance under the 1907 Act: ‘It is quite clear that the Matrimonial Causes Act 1907 gives me power to grant maintenance, if thought desirable, in all suits for nullity of marriage. I cannot read into the Act any proviso concerning marriages void ab initio . This case comes within the Act…’
Judges:
Bargrave Deane J
Citations:
(1913) 108 LT 382
Statutes:
Cited by:
Cited – J v S T (Formerly J) CA 21-Nov-1996
The parties had married, but the male partner was a transsexual, having been born female and having undergone treatment for Gender Identity Dysphoria. After IVF treatment, the couple had a child. As the marriage broke down the truth was revealed in . .
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Family
Updated: 30 April 2022; Ref: scu.235267