It turns out that when they met, he told her that he had been born in October of 1970, when the real year was actually 1968. He also claimed that he had his MBA, which was false, and he had inflated his salary. The wife claimed that when she discovered that this information was false, she was forced to leave their matrimonial home.

The court agreed with her, stating "she certainly had a reason to deny the man's marriage proposal". Although I wonder why she was "forced" to leave the home — there was no mention of any kind of abuse — I agree with the court treating this like a contract situation. The judge in this case explained "misrepresentation regarding age, qualification as well as salary amounts to fraud". Tomorrow, I would like to examine this idea of matrimonial fraud a little further.

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