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The problem frank has lived in england all his life. he married grace in 1984 and they have three kids , hilda, aged 19, ian, aged 17 and jane, aged 15. under the laws of his religion, frank is allowed to have more than one wife. frank has recently met and intends to marry katherine, though the venue for the ceremony has not yet been agreed, and grace knows nothing about it. hilda has been seeing her fella , liam, for some time and has just found out she is pregnant. frank is insisting that liam should marry his daughter and has made various threats towards liam. reluctantly, liam has finally agreed to go ahead with the wedding. ian, fed up with his life at home, has decided to leave and is planning to marry his secret girlfriend , mary, without telling any of the family apart from jane. jane likes the idea of a secret wedding and she has told ian that she would like to marry her fella , ned. meanwhile, grace has found out about katherine and is so angry that she intends applying for a divorce.(a) discuss the legal issues surrounding frank’s planned marriage to katherine. (4 marks) (b) assuming the marriage of hilda and liam were to go ahead against liam’s wishes, explain what his legal rights would be. (4 marks) (c) discuss the legal implications of the following: (i) ian’s planned marriage to mary; (ii) jane’s planned marriage to ned. (6(d) grace has spoken to a volunteer at the local citizens advice bureau about a possible divorce, but is confused about some of the terms that the volunteer tried to explain to her. explain the following to grace: (i) which court would certainly deal with her divorce; (1 mark) (ii) the meaning of the term “irretrievable breakdown” and how she might prove it; (3 marks) (iii) the meaning of the terms decree nisi and decree absolute; (4 marks) (iv) the meaning of the term “maintenance”, and the issues a court would have to consider before maintenance was granted. (4 marks) (e) choose two of the legal requirements of a valid marriage. briefly comment on how appropriate the law is in respect of these requirements. (4 mar

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