Married couple of 6 years. Were you a relative of us?invalidity of a court marriage
Oct 24, 2025
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According to local media such as ET Today, a couple living in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, registered their marriage on October 31, 2018, and have maintained a marital relationship.
Recently, however, while reviewing the family register records, she discovered that her maternal grandmother and wife's grandmother were biological sisters born to the same parents. As a result, it was found that the two were legally in a relationship equivalent to '6chon'.
According to Taiwanese civil law, marriage between collateral relatives within six cousins is prohibited and is considered legally invalid. In other words, their marriage did not have legal effect from the beginning.
If a marriage is invalidated, it affects legal rights such as inheritance rights and support obligations.
In order to resolve the uncertain status and anxiety of the relationship, the husband requested the court to confirm the nullification of the marriage, and the wife did not raise an objection, so the couple decided to invalidate the marriage by agreement.
The Kaohsiung Family Court reviewed the family register records submitted by the couple and confirmed that the two were actually relatives within the sixth cousin. As a result, the court recently ruled that the marriage was invalid, and the couple gave up their right to appeal, so the ruling was finalized.
Netizens are asking "This is happening because there is no interaction between relatives recently.", "Can't we just live together? It's been six years, haven't you done any pre-marriage research?" be posting comments such as.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
