UK:
Capacity To Marry Should Be Tightened Up
30 July 2021
Wedlake Bell
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Is it time to tighten up the marriage laws to ensure vulnerable
people are not being groomed by fraudsters into sham marriages? The
impact of immediate inheritance rights after a marriage mean that
elderly vulnerable women and men are now becoming targeted for
their money and property. Tightening up the capacity threshold for
marriage would be a start.
Predatory marriages on the rise in Britain as
fraudsters target elderly for their inheritance
(inews.co.uk)
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