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.