FMSC 487 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: First Amendment To The United States Constitution, Stamen
19 Apr 2018
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* legal definition of fraud: international misrepresentation of material fact upon which the party relied. * some court insist that the fraud must go to the essentials of the marriage & to be material (meaning basically sexual capacity) * but some successful cases on misstatements about matters as firmly held as religious convictions. * facts: h wants annulment but denied so he appeals. * w had been married & they had affair. * holding: not fraud, he would have married her anyway. * vjs v. mjb (nj 1991) said they would have children before marriage but refused after= annulment. * if flipped, the court will grant annulment as well. Bigamy- get married and then choose to add another wife against the law. Polygamy- legal marry first wife, but the wives after that are religious marriages not legal marriages. * wives in utah sued the us because the law in their state changed to having one wife from having multiple wives.
