Capacity To Marry Should Be Tightened Up

Is it time to tighten up the marriage laws to ensure vulnerable people are not being groomed by fraudsters into sham marriages?
UK Family and Matrimonial
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Is it time to tighten up the marriage laws to ensure vulnerable people are not being groomed by fraudsters into sham marriages? The impact of immediate inheritance rights after a marriage mean that elderly vulnerable women and men are now becoming targeted for their money and property. Tightening up the capacity threshold for marriage would be a start.

Predatory marriages on the rise in Britain as fraudsters target elderly for their inheritance (inews.co.uk)

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