A marriage annulled Franco Chinese
A Franco-Chinese couple wanted to marry and their marriage was canceled a few days before the ceremony because of a section of the Act of 1803 advanced by parents French.
Napoleon's Civil Code
An act rare enough to astonish the magistrate in charge of the case: "I practice this profession for many years, but this is the first time that the article is used," thus said the deputy prosecutor in charge of civilian prosecutors.
Yet it is legal: article 173 of the Civil Code dating from the Napoleonic era stipulates that "the father, mother, and in default of father and mother, grandfathers and grandmothers may oppose the marriage their children and descendants, even major.
Aged 27 and 25 years, Sin Man Ma Chinese Hong Kong, and Stephen Wise, had to renounce their marriage November 13 in Meylan (Isère) after the young man's parents were served by a bailiff with the court their opposition to this union.
"When we had a visit from the bailiff, we hallucinated. It was soon realized that our wedding, scheduled five days later, was" finished ", said Stephen Wise, who nevertheless held a engagement party. The couple, who seized the Tribunal de Grande Instance (TGI), has just received a positive opinion for the removal of this obstacle court, "no objective reason for to justify this decision having been raised, "said the prosecutor.
Indeed, the reasons sobering:" After having accused 'Mandy' to marry to get papers, they now accuse him of being a spy for the Chinese government, "said Stephen Wise, who met his partner in 2009 on the banks of the faculty in Grenoble. Parents who do not speak desired, have one month to appeal.
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