Perrini v Perrini

Subject Matter

HUSBAND AND WIFE — Nullity — Foreign decree, validity — Connection with foreign state — Italian national marrying American woman in Italy — Wife residing in America for over three years — Wife granted decree of nullity in New Jersey — Jurisdiction of court based on six months' residence — Decree not recognised in Italy — Whether husband's subsequent marriage in England valid

[1979] Fam 84; [1979] 2 WLR 472