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Subscriber only A Queensland woman has had her marriage declared void because her refugee husband was still married to his first wife, who lives overseas, when they wed two and a half years ago. While the husband repeatedly told his wife he was divorced, after she became pregnant he demanded that she accept his first wife as a second wife in their relationship, the Family Court heard. After she refused, she discovered that her husband had transferred $80,000 overseas to the first wife. The husband, 39, who was born overseas, came to Australia by boat as a refugee and was intercepted and detained until he obtained a visa allowing him to work in Australia.