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Does the law of nullity continue to have any valuable role to play in contemporary family law? What would be the advantages and disadvantages of abolishing this area of the law?
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Does the law of nullity continue to have any valuable role to play in contemporary family law? What would be the advantages and disadvantages of abolishing this area of the law? Nerisa Jarrett The law of nullity clearly does have a role to play in family law but whether this role is still valuable in modern day family law is debateable. The definition of nullity is the invalidity of a marriage due to some defect existing at the time the marriage was celebrated (or sometimes arising afterwards). A decree of nullity can be granted if a marriage is either void or voidable and the grounds can be found in section 11 and section 12 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973. Many would argue that the law concerning nullity no longer has a valuable role to play since the law of nullity has ceased to be a significant form of relief from marriage...
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