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Mick
Jagger decided to contest Jerry Hall's call for divorce. He said they
were never legally married in the first place. We heard from two lawyers,
Vanessa Lloyd-Platt and Mark Stevens. |
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Listen
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21st January 1999
Mick Jagger and Jerry
Hall's divorce
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There
are two schools of thought at the moment out there amongst lawyers:
one school of thought is – as it is aninvalid marriage
she ranks as a co-habitee and therefore does not have the same
rights as a wife. The other school of thought is that she will simply
convert her divorce petition into what’s known as an annulity
petition, and that will give her the same rights and claims as a wife,
even though the marriage wasn’t valid.
(Vanessa
Lloyd-Platt) |
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school of thought:
a theory or opinion shared by a group of people
invalid: not legally
acceptable
co-habitee: someone
who is living with another person and having a sexual relationship
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She would be entitled
to just the same rights over the children, and just the same rights
to income support and maintenance for the children as if
they had been married. There are precedents for this, and
as a consequence of that I think Mick Jagger has shot himself
in the foot.(Mark
Stevens)
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entitled: to have
the right to have or do something
maintenance: the
money paid by someone who is divorced to their former wife or husband
to support the family
precedents: in
legal terms a 'precedent' is an action or decision which can be
used to give legal support to later actions or decisions
shot himself in the
foot: to create problems for yourself
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