7 Nov 2023
吳前稱吳 對 黃
- Citation
- [2023] HKFC 245
- Court
- Family Court
- Case number
- FCMC9789/2022
Husband failed to prove on the evidence that he was absent from or did not participate in the marriage registration; PRC administrative bodies and courts had already adjudicated and rejected his application to cancel the marriage certificate, thereby affirming its validity under PRC law; under s20A the foreign law outcome is decisive and there were no statutory grounds under s20(1) for nullity in Hong Kong. Therefore the husband's nullity petition fails and the wife's divorce petition is granted (decree nisi), with costs awarded to the wife and referral to the DoJ for suspected bigamy.