{"id":5086,"date":"2022-05-06T19:18:19","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T18:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/yorkshire\/?page_id=5086"},"modified":"2022-05-06T19:21:16","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T18:21:16","slug":"predatory-marriage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/yorkshire\/predatory-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Predatory Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>What is the meaning of predatory marriage?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Predatory marriage is\u00a0<b>the practice of marrying a person exclusively to gain access to their assets and estate<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.predatorymarriage.uk\/\">https:\/\/www.predatorymarriage.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A predatory marriage occurs where a vulnerable person is induced to marry by someone seeking to inherit his or her estate or otherwise gain some financial advantage. A marriage by a person lacking capacity is not void from the outset, so can wreak havoc with his or her estate planning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forsters.co.uk\">www.forsters.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A <b>\u2018Predatory Marriage\u2019<\/b> occurs when an individual, who is lacking capacity, is targeted by an unscrupulous person who wishes to use the individual\u2019s vulnerability to their advantage by coercing the individual into a marriage with them purely for financial gain.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hughjames.com\/\">https:\/\/www.hughjames.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Forced Marriage Act 2014 made it a criminal offence to marry a person who lacks the mental capacity to consent to the marriage, whether they are pressured to or not. A marriage where a party did not properly consent because they did not have the necessary mental capacity to enter into the marriage is \u201cvoidable\u201d and can be annulled.<\/p>\n<p><b>What changes are proposed to prevent predatory marriage?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>A campaign has been set up by the relatives of Joan Blass (a recent case of predatory marriage which has been widely reported in the press of a 91 year old suffering from vascular dementia whose marriage to a 68 year old man came to light 3 days after her death) with the aim of implementing changes to the law.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The recommendations aim to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Change the law so that a marriage does not automatically revoke a previous Will;<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Create an offence of predatory marriage;<\/li>\n<li>Introduce the publication of Notices\/Banns on the Internet;<\/li>\n<li>Train Registrars to look for signs of insufficient mental capacity to marry;<\/li>\n<li>Add a robust set of questions for Registrars to ask at marriage, with clear procedures for them to follow if correct answers are not given;<\/li>\n<li>Ensure Registrars will stop a marriage ceremony if there are any doubts;<\/li>\n<li>Add \u201cThe marriage was fraudulent\u201d to the permitted reasons to annul a marriage after a party has died.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the meaning of predatory marriage? 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