Show marriage after dark not liot legal in england although divorce Is on the increase in england it Is difficult to achieve and seekers after legal separations often find it easier caster to find a flaw in the union itself thus bringing about a dissolution on the ground that they were not truly married in the first place english courts have held for example that marriage by registration may be legal in russia but cannot be so recognized in england A russian woman who sued for judicial separation and maintenance stating that she and her mate had registered their union onion in moscow got the separation all right but had no legal claim for maintenance when the court said chave 1 I have come to the conclusion that the petitioner and respondent were never husband and wife jn in another case cae a man accused of deserting his family defended himself on the ground that he be married the girl after dark he fie was not soking joking A marriage in england outside the hours houra between eight in the moring and three in the afternoon Is no more legal than a whisky and soda bought at a bar after reg regular ular hours |