ROBERT & GOLDEN

In the matter of *Robert & Golden*, heard by Rose J, Mr Robert sought a declaration that his marriage to Ms Golden was null and void at the time of its solemnisation. The dispute centred on the validity of the marriage.

The primary legal issue before the Court was whether the ground for nullity, as asserted by Mr Robert, had been proven to the Court's satisfaction. This required the Court to determine if the marriage was indeed invalid at the time it was solemnised.

Rose J was satisfied that the husband was ordinarily resident in Australia and that the ground for nullity was proved. Consequently, the Court decreed that the marriage solemnised on a specified date in November 2010 at the Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages in Parramatta, New South Wales, between Mr Robert and Ms Golden, was absolutely null and void.