Proved physical and psychological violence in marriage is a
cause for separation and the court has the discretion apply a
number of sanctions. This was held by the Family Section of the
Civil Court presided by Judge Abigail Lofaro on 7 July 2020 in a
case ABC -v- DE.
The plaintiff, a 71-year-old, submitted in his application that
he got married to the defendant, 20 years his junior, in April
2015. He complained that he suffered from physical and
psychological violence from the defendant, so much so she was
evicted from the matrimonial home, following a number of police
reports. He therefore, asked the Court to declare the separation of
both of them.
The Plaintiff filed an affidavit explaining that he had met the
defendant in 2011, when she was on holiday in Malta and from there
blossomed a relationship, where he visited her country of Slovenia
a number of times. The plaintiff had no interest to marry, but the
defendant insisted that they do and she put constant
