F. v. F., 22 June 1988.
The High Court of Ireland granted a decree of nullity with respect to the parties' marriage.  It ruled that the wife's consent was only apparent, since her husband had lied to her before the marriage about whether he was a homosexual.  It concluded that the husband was unable to maintain the life-long relationship required of marriage and that the wife would not have married him if she had known the full facts.  In 1988, the High Court refused to grant a decree of nullity to a woman who had married after she had become pregnant, remained married for 20 years, and had five children with her husband.  It held that there was no evidence that the wife had been subject to duress or undue influence by another person before her marriage sufficient to overbear her will and that a court could not grant a nullity on the basis of the pressure of events.  (See D.B. (O'R.) vs. N.O'R, 29 July 1988, reported in Irish Law Times, Vol. 8, June 1989, p. 130.)
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