Chinese man files for marriage invalidity with woman who is related by blood

A man surnamed Xie and a woman surnamed Lin in Jiangxi Province, mainland China, got married in 2013 and had a son. Unexpectedly, Xie Nan filed a lawsuit for nullity of marriage in the local court. In the same way, the two are also related by blood, and because mainland law explicitly prohibits “marriage between direct blood relatives and collateral blood relatives within three generations”, the judge ruled that Xie Nan won the case.

According to the Lu Media “Headline News”, Xie Nan and Lin Nv began dating and cohabiting in 2012, regardless of their parents being sisters and brothers. Then they registered their marriage in June 2013 and had a son. Seeing that the relationship between husband and wife ushered in the first In 10 years, Xie Nan filed a lawsuit against the court for the invalidity of marriage on the grounds that he and Lin Nu are close relatives.

During the trial at the People’s Court of Guangxin District, Shangrao City, Jiangxi Province, it was found that Xie Nan’s father and Lin Nv’s mother were indeed siblings, proving that what Xie Nan said was true, while he and Lin Nv were cousins. In the end, the judge judged Xie Nan and Lin Xie in accordance with Articles 1048 and 1051 of the “Civil Code of the People’s Republic of China”, which “prohibit marriage between direct blood relatives and collateral blood relatives within three generations”. A woman’s marriage is void.

As soon as the news aroused heated discussions, many netizens couldn’t help being suspicious, thinking that the matter was not simple, and said, “With all due respect, it is obvious that there is a new love. This is a man who wants to find another man.” There is no need to divide the family property, which is worse than prostitution”, “Abandoning wife and child according to law”, “After ten years of marriage, the man just remembered that cousins ​​and close relatives can’t get married”, “Poor children, I can’t refuse to come into this world “.