The Family Court yesterday declared a marriage to be null on the basis that the wife had failed to tell her husband that she suffered from premature menopause and was infertile.
The court, presided over by Madam Justice Anna Felice, noted that the couple had met through the internet and later got to know one another personally and decided to get married.
The husband, who was Maltese and the wife, who was a Lebanese national, underwent a civil marriage ceremony in Malta in 1999.
It resulted that prior to the marriage the wife developed premature menopause which rendered her infertile. She had not told her prospective husband about this and he only found out about her condition when he wished for them to start a family.
The court ruled that the wife had hidden from her husband a fact about herself which would have a substantial effect upon married life.
The marriage was, therefore, declared to be null and void due to the wife’s fraud.