After 18 years of marriage he discovers that his wife was previously a man and asks for the annulment of the marriage contract, but the court of Livorno denies it. He can only divorce like anyone else .

The Corriere della Sera reports the singular story. The man had appealed to article 122 of the civil code which concerns cases in which the marriage bond can be dissolved "through violence or error". According to him, he was misled; if his wife had told him about the sex change, he would not have married her. But according to the judges of Livorno, the lack of knowledge of the spouse's original sex "does not correspond to an error regarding the identity or qualities of the person" .

The gender change, from male to female, occurred in 1992. The marriage, celebrated in 2003, had continued until 2021, when they decided to separate. He discovered everything in 2022 , during the separation proceedings. The couple had also started the adoption process, she had told him that she could not have children because due to an illness they had removed her uterus . Thus hiding the sex change.

The woman told a completely different story, according to which her husband was informed well before the wedding of the sex change that had occurred years before.

The two versions are in conflict, but according to the judges, the husband is right about this. She never told him about the sex change, but he, according to the magistrates, "even though he could have investigated further, preferred not to know the reason why she could not have children" .

(Unioneonline/L)

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