Sentences with phrase «of nullity of marriage»

An application under this Act for a decree of nullity of marriage shall be based on the ground that the marriage is void.

(3) Pending proceedings for a decree of nullity of marriage on the ground that the marriage is void or proceedings of a kind referred to in paragraph (b) of the definition of matrimonial cause in subsection 4 (1) may be continued and shall be dealt with as if they were proceedings instituted under this Act.

The following sub-section provided that: «Nothing in this section shall affect the powers of any court to grant a decree of nullity of marriage.»

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The document goes on to say that if, during the discernment process between a priest and a couple, the priest has a «reasonable doubt» about the validity of the first marriage, then the priest should advise the couple to seek a declaration of nullity.

If she thought she could make the case, Elizabeth must initiate a petition for a declaration of nullity of each of her prior marriages.

Based upon this observation, the cardinal makes two proposals: a more generous widening of the procedures for investigating the nullity of marriages and, invoking the criteria of mercy, a dispensation to allow, in certain cases,...

An assumption of nullity should not be automatic: on the contrary, the reverse should be the case: God is good, and marriage is his original plan.

Based upon this observation, the cardinal makes two proposals: a more generous widening of the procedures for investigating the nullity of marriages and, invoking the criteria of mercy, a dispensation to allow, in certain cases, the divorced and remarried to receive Holy Communion.

There are three main grounds on which nullity can be based and they are given in Canon 1095 of the Code of Canon Law, which states that the following are incapable of contracting marriage:

An exception to this rule is permitted in the case of nullity proceedings, legal separation, or same - sex marriage.

It found that s 23 and s 24 of MCA 2005 were governed by s 21 (1) to state that these provisions are for the purpose of «adjusting the financial position of the parties to a marriage and any children of the family in connection with proceedings for divorce, nullity of marriage or judicial separation», and was clearly intended to assist (living) parties to the marriage.

A Singapore court that grants a judgment of divorce, judicial separation or nullity of marriage, has the power to order division between the parties of any matrimonial asset or the sale of any such asset and the division between the parties of the proceeds of the sale of any such asset «in such proportions as the court thinks just and equitable.»

In proceedings for nullity of marriage on the ground that the marriage is void or voidable, the court may, nonetheless, grant the relief sought where both parties to a marriage reside in Singapore at the time of the commencement of the proceedings.

Singapore courts shall have jurisdiction to hear proceedings for divorce, presumption of death and divorce, judicial separation or nullity of marriage only if either of the parties to the marriage is (a) domiciled in Singapore at the time of the commencement of the proceedings; or (b) habitually resident in Singapore for a period of 3 years immediately preceding the commencement of the proceedings.

While this marriage never legally existed, you should still seek a formal judgment of nullity that is then entered into the public record.

That the Nullity of Marriage Act 1971 had intentionally brought about a fundamental shift in the law relating to marriages vitiated by an absence of consent was illustrated by Roberts, Re, Roberts v Roberts [1978] 3 All ER 225.

Thus the combined effect of those provisions was to ensure that the only route to a judicial conclusion that a marriage was void at its inception was a petition for nullity.

The combined effect of s 12 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (MCA 1973) and ss 55 to 58 of the Family Law Act 1986 (FLA 1986) is to ensure that the only route to a judicial conclusion that a marriage was void at its inception is a petition for nullity.

It also introduced new grounds for nullity of marriage, including wilful refusal to consummate and other grounds which have been carried through into the current legislation.

• Nullity of marriage (which is very rarely granted and only in specific circumstances such as bigamy or mental incapacity).

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means a decree, not being a decree of dissolution or nullity of marriage or for a judicial separation, having the effect of relieving a party to a marriage from any obligation to cohabit with the other party to the marriage.