Annulment Of Marriage

[Cloverjo]

How does one prove lack of consummation of a marriage?

[Old_Geezer]

Security cameras in the bedroom.

[EDDIE51]

You can't 'Prove it' .You are asked to confirm /swear 'Under Oath' what happened and what you want ! Lieing 'Under Oath'is a prison offence! Perjury !!

[EDDIE51]

There have been cases where a woman claimed that the marriage had not been consumated, and offered to have a medical examination to prove her Hymen was still intact ! But even that was ruled as not proven . Apparently some women have a hymen that is so flexible it does not break even after repeated intercourse !

[Buenchico]

In the first instance all that is necessary is to complete this form
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/688088/d8n-eng.pdf
and to submit it with the relevant fee.

See also
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/688091/d8n-notes-eng.pdf
and
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/728133/ex50-eng.pdf

Then, if required, an oath can be sworn before a court.

[EDDIE51]

I heard of a case where the woman claimed that she was still a Virgin ! The man got 10 of his mates to stand up in court and say that they had sha**ed her ! Case dismissed !

[Mamyalynne]

I don't think you are being very helpful Eddie.

[tiggerblue10]

How could you prove if someone was lying about it or not?

Are lie-detectors a reliable form of testing?

[EDDIE51]

Lie detectors are not reliable! Some people can get them to give a 'True' reading when they are lieing! For this reason they are not acceptable as 'evidence' in a court trial . But they can be used in context with the other evidence as an 'opinion'!

[ChillDoubt]

Are you winning the bet to do your utmost in finishing every sentence with an exclamation mark, EDDIE?!

[Peter Pedant]

is this religious or legal ?

One of the Kennedys got an annulment - ethel? eunice ? after 11 children.

for an RC marriage - the four witnesses were asked to swear that they knew the groom was gay before the wedding .... as an RC I asked jesus how many were prepared to do that ? and got the answer - none so far ....

I am not sure if you can do it without the husbands cooperation ....

[douglas9401]

The Drivel and Garbage Detector is much more accurate.

[JF85]

The question was not about annulment but about proving non-consummation. Annulment does not require either partner to be a virgin, or to have abstained from sex within the marriage.

Back to you, Cloverjo. Would you like to clarify what you are asking? To whom do you wish to prove it, and for what purpose?

Sorry, to whom does your friend wish to prove it, and why?

[jno]

the likeliest way is probably to get both parties to swear to it. I don't think hymen-checking is seen as reliable these days, so you'd have to be a fairly extreme case to prove you couldn't have sex. And it doesn't apply with same-sex couples.

Henry VIII had three marriages annulled, but only one for non-consummation.

[Cloverjo]

Sorry everyone. I forgot I had asked this question.
I was wondering if annulment owing to non-consummation was still ‘a thing’ and if so how to prove it.
And what happens if one party disputes.

[Peter Pedant]

well you have most of the information above ....
I keep on reading this as

non consumption ....

civil partnerships CANNOT be dissolved for non-consummation - cant remember why - but it is one of the differences ....

[Peter Pedant]

something here

https://www.divorce-online.co.uk/help-and-advice/ask-the-experts/nullity

basically the experts say: try something else really

[hereIam]

Like the first answer ..