Family court annuls marriage of 'immature' couple
The Family Court this morning annulled the marriage of a 30-year-old man and a 33 year old women after finding that the two were immature when they married in their teens.
The court heard that the boy was 16 and the girl was 19 when they married. She had become pregnant two months after they met, and they married five months later.
The boy's grandmother had encouraged and organised the marriage when the boy was a minor, the boy having lost his parents when he was much younger. His grandmother had insisted that the baby should be born into a family and they got married in a civil ceremony. The court felt that the consent of the boy for marriage was achieved through deception. It was only when they were about to get married that the woman found that the man was actually a minor.
The court said the couple was not ready for the responsibilities of marriage. - they did not even have a celebration but went out for a pizza.
Over the past 13 years the couple did not want children. The woman just fulfilled her role as a mother and the man felt his wife treated him more like a son than a husband and would not even allow him to kiss her.
"This is a clear case where the grandmother could cover her grandson's mistake by forcing him to marry when it was clear that he was far too young and not sufficiently ware of the responsibilities of married life," the court said.
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Colin Camilleri
Oct 31st 2009, 19:49
Lets face it people. One gets married, spends in the region of €25,000 to €30,000 for a wedding/marriage that has about the same chances to fail as to succeed. It ain't worth it. Rather keep the €30,000 and go to Pizza Hut. At most it will cost €100 or €200 if you feel generous enough to invite your relatives too.
J.Camilleri
Oct 31st 2009, 14:44
Good to know ... mela when I get married I will do my celebration in some pizza shop so that if it fails it will be easier for the court to annul.
Kevin Sammut
Oct 31st 2009, 14:02
If I ever get married, I'm going to the same as these two. I'm going out for pizza. I don't know what else to say but to agree with the likes of PMuscat and P Debono.
PMuscat
Oct 31st 2009, 11:11
"The court said the couple was not ready for the responsibilities of marriage. - they did not even have a celebration but went out for a pizza." What does the celebration have to do with the responsibilities of marriage? Did the court really consider this as another reason for the annulment?
P Debono
Oct 31st 2009, 08:31
I wouldn't be surprised if the annulment took 13 years to be "processed".
What a stupid country.
Elena Baeva
Oct 30th 2009, 10:04
This is what makes Malta - Malta. First society fails to educate teens about sex and its implications, then shuts eyes to statutory rape, then allows immature marriage and forces them to stay together by not allowing to end that marriage mutually and amicably. And a cherry on the top of the cake - makes that poor child a bastard, born out of wedlock child - the very thing the old lady wanted not to happen for the sake of all Christian traditions and values she believed in. Prosit!
james attard
Oct 29th 2009, 20:19
@ dave england - it prob took them 13 years to get the annulment!
adrian aquilina
Oct 29th 2009, 17:37
so you can get an anulment for making a mistake or growing apart but not a divorce..Malta,the stupidest country in the world
Joseph Schembri
Oct 29th 2009, 17:34
Just another illustration of our asinine laws. The laws of Malta state that a person (as in the case of this young man) can get married at 16. BUT the laws also state that a person, in Malta, cannot have sex with anyone under 18. Yet a baby was produced by this 'boy' when he was not even 16 and a woman who was over 18. Where are the police from the vice squad (headed by a female inspector), appogg do-gooders and so on shouting sexual abuse of minors by the woman on the 'boy'.
Legislators should shange our ridiculous age of consent laws by lowering the age of consent to the age at which people can legally marry which is 16!
Dave England
Oct 29th 2009, 17:21
What a sad life for 2 people. Forced into a marriage just for moralistic reasons, not for love. The thing that gets me is why they waited 13 years?