Family Law... Sex changes!!! (1 Viewer)

kalli · Sep 22, 2003

Hello. I am writing up notes on requirements of a valid marriage and came across conflicting ideas in different texts...

Macmillan Legal Studies 2 (published 2000) says that in Corbett v Corbett (1970) "the court found that the marriage was not valid in the first place, applying the definition given in Hyde v Hyde and Woodmansee. It was ruled that a man who had undergone a sex change operation was still legally a man and so could not marry another man."

So i thought, ok maybe there is a more recent case than when the book was published... so i look in the excel book published 2001 and they also quote Corbett v Corbett (1970)

But another text (cant tell which one as it was photocopied

quotes a recent case (Kevin [2001] Fam CA 1074) that says "gender reassignment was sufficient to satisfy the requirement of a man and a woman".

Does anyone know which is correct???

adamj · Sep 22, 2003

This is a hard one, becuase as far as I know it must be a man and a woman, and they must be legally a man and a woman, unless this case changed the definition of what legally being a man or woman was classified. Remember also under Stare Decisis that precedents can be overuled in the higher courts.

kelv · Sep 22, 2003

um... my teacher said sex change won't make a man have the same status as the woman... so in other words, the marriage wouldn't be valid.. but i'd have to double check on that...

adamj · Sep 22, 2003

I agree with kelv

MiuMiu · Sep 24, 2003

Yeah we did the Kevin case in legal, there was a doco to go with it. I can't actually remember, but I think they got the right to marry (Kevin used to be a woman?)

Lazarus · Sep 24, 2003

Sorry for the messy layout etc. I stole this from Casebase for you.

It's a list of all the cases that have referred to Corbett v Corbett, and whether they followed it etc.

The links probably won't work for you though.

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Date</td><td bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center" class="top_centered">CaseBase Signal</td></tr><tr class="neg" id="neg"><td>Not Followed</td><td>Attorney-General for the Commonwealth v Kevin and Jennifer </td><td>(2003) 172 FLR 300; <a target="_blank" href="/cgi-bin/cb_2_reports.pl?pub=REPORT&jd=30-FAMLR-1&nfo=famlr">(2003) 30 Fam LR 1</a>; (2003) EOC 93-265; (2003) FLC 93-127; [2003] FamCA 94 </td><td>FamCt </td><td>21/2/2003 </td><td class="centered"><a target="_blank" id="link_cit" class="link_cit" href="/cgi-bin/cblink.pl?id=359351.ref&nfo=pinkrib" TITLE="Citation information only -
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Lazarus · Sep 24, 2003

gotta admit it's useful.

kalli · Sep 25, 2003

hello all. thanks for your help. also fond this information if anyone was interested...

http://www.nswccl.org.au/unswccl/issues/transexual.php#conclusion

Facts
In 1998 Kevin & Jennifer received an inconclusive response to a letter they had written to the Attorney-General asking whether their proposed marriage would be legal. Kevin is a transsexual and was born a woman. Kevin & Jennifer found a marriage celebrant willing to perform the ceremony and were subsequently married in August 1999. In October 1999 Kevin & Jennifer sought a declaration of validity for their marriage from the Family Court of Australia. The Commonwealth Attorney-General intervened to oppose the application.

The state of the law
The law in Australia on transsexual marriage was undeclared. There were two main common law decisions that might decide the case in Australia: one case from the UK; another from New Zealand. The case of Corbett v Corbett (otherwise Ashley) [1971] P83 was decided in the UK in the early 1970s. Ormrod J had found that gender is determined at birth by examining three biological factors: chromosomes; gonads; and genitals. His Honours decision was influential throughout the common law world for many years to come.

In Australia there was also a line of authority that rejected the Corbett view: R v Harris and McGuiness (1988) 17 NSWLR 158;Secretary, Department of Social Security v SRA (1993) 118 ALR 467. These decisions recognised that a post-operative transsexual person could be treated as a member of his or her adopted sex for the purposes of criminal law and social security law. There was no decision on whether the same could be said for marriage law.

In 1995 a New Zealand court chose not to follow Corbett. In the case of Attorney-General v Otahuhu Family Court [1995] 1 NZLR 603 Ellis J found, as a matter of social justice and public policy, that if a transsexual has willing undergone therapy and surgery to change his or her genitalia, then the law should accept the gender re-assignment.

All of these decisions were decisions at first instance, i.e. decisions of only one judge. Other cases in the US and the UK had unsuccessfully tried to overturn Corbett.

Conclusion
The Corbett decision has finally been laid to rest. The gender on a birth certificate, which is based purely on an examination of external genitalia at birth, is now only prima facie evidence of gender but it can no longer be considered conclusive. As Ms Wallbank says, what is between the ears is more determinative than what is between the legs.

The courage of Kevin and Jennifer and their legal counsel, Ms Rachel Wallbank, stands as inspiration for all those who struggle for human dignity and the right of all individuals to pursue their own ideal of happiness.

jay2000 · Sep 25, 2003

Originally posted by Asquithian
arrrrrrrrrggggggeeeeeee legal research !!!!!!!!

hah

yeh...stupid legal research book with so much stuff to do~

FLR-IT · Sep 26, 2003

so transgender marriages are not legally recognised, but in the kevin case, the legislation was successfully challenged??

kalli · Sep 27, 2003

doesnt

"The Corbett decision has finally been laid to rest. The gender on a birth certificate, which is based purely on an examination of external genitalia at birth, is now only prima facie evidence of gender but it can no longer be considered conclusive."

mean transgender marriages are recognised???

MiuMiu · Sep 27, 2003

Yep, I found my case sheet on this this morning. The judge allowed the marriage because it was considered at the time of the marriage that Kevin was a man, and could not have fit into society as a woman.

This is considered to be a grey area currently, with the legislation still stating that marriage must be between a man and a woman, but the confusion comes with the definition of a woman, in 'Kevin' the judge held that Kevins sex AT THE TIME OF MARRIAGE was male, and thus the marriage was valid.

MiuMiu · Sep 27, 2003

If anyone wants the entire case brief on this, pm me and I'll try and organise a copy to be sent out (through the mail, Im not typing the whole thing out!!)

hayley · Sep 28, 2003

my legal teacher mentioned that it was also based on whether society views that person to be male or female. In the case of Kevin, this would be male. I'm pretty sure these marriages can be valid now. It is a confusing subject at times, isn't it?!

speed_bump · Sep 29, 2003

yer, i did alot of research on the keven case for an assement. the reason it was valid was that kevin was reconised by socity as a male. He or she or whatever also got "their" legal documentations changed such as birth cirtificate ect. so therefor it was jst a marriage between a male and female

MiuMiu · Sep 30, 2003

You've gotta wonder what the wife was thinking? I mean, was she really a lesbian? Its gotta screw you up marrying someone that used to have the same bits as you (when you aren't actually gay).

MaryJane · Oct 4, 2003

yeah in NSW and SA ppl who have had a legit sex change are now recognised as the "brain sex" that they are. now. so 2 men could marry each other but one has to be officially a woman. they change birth certificates and everything.

hope this makes some sense!

MiuMiu · Oct 5, 2003

its not as simple as changing birth certificates.They have to present and be accepted by society as the sex they have changed to. One man cannot simply change the sex on his birth certificate so the two can marry

KEK · Oct 6, 2003

i am almost positive that the kevin case changed the law so that marriage was legal between a man and woman according to their genders as of the day they are married and recognised as amongst their family and friends i.e. society not the gender at birth
for more detailed information visit the Austlii website

MiuMiu · Oct 6, 2003

It is not a law--it will be a law when it is legislated. However, this has set a common law precedent which will have to be considered by Judges of lower courts when making decisions regarding circumstances such as Kevin's. But if you say straight out in an essay that a transexual man may now marry a woman you are wrong.

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