Capacity To Marry Should Be Tightened Up

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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?
UK Family and Matrimonial
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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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