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Wife takes court action after discovering husband already married
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A woman who discovered her husband was already married after their 2018 nuptials in Queensland has successfully applied to the Family Court for a declaration that their marriage was void.
The court heard the woman became suspicious her husband had not divorced his first wife, as he had assured her before their relationship began, after he returned from a five-week overseas trip.
The Family Court declared the marriage was void.
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The woman, given the pseudonym “Ms Chabra”, was previously married herself and was legally divorced.
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