The Irkutsk Oktyabrsky District Court annulled the marriage between “sex-changers”. This is specified report According to the results of work for the first half of 2023, Valery Mitusov, Head of the Civil Registration Office of the Irkutsk Region.
It was stated that the case was filed by the registry office and the prosecutor of the city’s Oktyabrsky district.
Mitusov did not specify whether both spouses changed their gender or just one. He also did not specify the date of the court session, but noted that this decision was the first in Russia and “sets a precedent”.
According to Kommersant, the Tyumen Central District Court in March outlawed marriage after one of the spouses has changed gender. The local prosecutor’s office requested the annulment of family relations, citing the Family Law.
July 19 Federation Council approved the law On the introduction of a ban on medical interventions related to gender reassignment in Russia. The document, among other things, supplements the Family Code of the Russian Federation with a clause that if one of the spouses changes gender, the marriage in Russia will be considered invalid. The document also stipulates that the passport will be deemed invalid 90 days after the relevant changes are made in the civil registry.
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Source: Gazeta
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