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Family Law Question 1 The law surrounding the nullity of any marriage is laid down in the Matrimonial Causes Act 19731 (hereafter MCA). A void marriage is a marriage which is clearly void from the very beginning of the said marriage. The reasons for void marriages are clearly defined in section 11 of the MCA which states that the marriage is void if the parties are within prohibited degrees of a relationship, i.e. niece and uncle or the step children of any person previously married to the child's parent and who have played a pivotal role in the upbringing of the said child. If either party is under 16 years old this is also a void marriage, if either party was already married this too becomes void(Chard v Chard)2. Void marriages also include same sex partners (Corbett v Corbett3 and Bellinger v Bellinger)4 unless it is a transsexual who has obtained...

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