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Common grounds for annulment in Singapore include:
- Wilful refusal to consummate the marriage; and
- Incapacity of one party to consummate the marriage.
These grounds for annulment in Singapore constitute the grounds of voidable marriage. These marriages are not void unless you choose to void them.
There are certain categories of marriages which are void even if no action is taken. For instance, marriages between people who are too closely related are void.
Incestuous case of Monica Mares and Caleb Peterson
Mares is the mother of Peterson. They are 37 and 20 respectively. The Mexican couple were charged with incest.
Mares was 16 when she gave birth to Peterson and he was adopted.
The pair got connected via Facebook. Last Christmas, Mares saw Peterson for the first time in 18 years when she brought him to his house.
Soon, the couple developed romantic feelings for each other and became sexual.
In August 2016, the couple went public to raise awareness for Genetic Sexual Attraction (GSA) relationships. Genetic Sexual Attraction refers to attraction between closely related people who first meet when they are adults.
The couple were given 3 years of probation each. Mares was disallowed from seeing her 9 children. It is unclear who is taking care of them.
Mares said: “if I had to choose between my son and all my other kids I’d choose him.”
See: Kiri Blakeley and Ryan Parry, “Mother, 37, and son, 20, who fell in love 18 years after she gave him up for adoption plead guilty to incest and are ordered to stay away from each other- but insist they will stay together”, Daily Mail, 20 March 2017
Should Mares and Peterson be married in Singapore, their marriage would be deemed void.
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