China court annuls marriage as wife conceals mental illness, uterus-removal surgery
When a marriage is annulled by a mainland court, the marital status reverts to ‘single’ as though the marriage never occurred
A court in China has annulled a marriage at the request of a man who discovered that his wife had concealed her mental health history and her hysterectomy record before their marriage.
The case was heard by the Jiaxian County People’s Court in central China’s Henan province last month, as reported by Star Video.
According to the verdict, the man, identified by the surname Zhou, met a woman seven years his senior through a matchmaker in September last year.
He paid her a bride price of 10,000 yuan (US$1,400) on October 8 when they became engaged. On October 30, he gave her an additional 40,000 yuan, and the couple registered their marriage with the civil affairs authority on the same day.
They held a wedding ceremony in November. However, Zhou soon noticed that his wife’s mental state appeared to be abnormal.
He later discovered that she had been diagnosed with schizophrenia before their marriage. He was also taken aback to learn that she and her family had concealed the fact that she had undergone a hysterectomy.
