In the 2016 case of Walton & Esposito, the husband sought to annul his marriage after his wife left him immediately after obtaining Australian Citizenship.
Does the Family Court Need to Know About Your Sex Life?
Family law disputes inevitably require the parties to provide information about sensitive and personal matters, and this may include information about their sex lives. But it is not the role of the court to judge the personal relationships of the parents, except to the extent that they impact on the best interests of the children.
Online Dating: Don’t Get Murdered. Or Married.
Kemal & Kemal was a case of online dating gone wrong. The wife meet the husband online and ended up “married” after visting him in China. The wife claimed that the marriage had been obtained by fraud and sought a declaration of nullity
“The House is Haunted” – Surely the Value should be Decreased?
The 2013 case of Descas & Descas concerned an application property settlement. In what Magistrate Scarlett labelled a “bizarre twist”, the wife attempted to argue that the matrimonial home was haunted and consequently the value of the home was detrimentally impacted.