Predatory Marriage: An Emerging Medicolegal Issue

Julia G Kirkham; Albert H Oosterhoff; Kim A Whaley; Freshta Akbary; Kenneth I Shulman

doi:10.1177/07067437231182564

Predatory Marriage: An Emerging Medicolegal Issue

Can J Psychiatry. 2024 Mar;69(3):169-171. doi: 10.1177/07067437231182564. Epub 2023 Jun 13.

Authors

Julia G Kirkham¹, Albert H Oosterhoff^{2

3}, Kim A Whaley³, Freshta Akbary¹, Kenneth I Shulman⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
² Faculty of Law, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
³ Whaley Estate Litigation (WEL) Partners, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

No abstract available

Keywords: adult psychiatry; capacity to marry; cognitive deficits; decision-making capacity; developmental disabilities; geriatric psychiatry; medicolegal issues.

MeSH terms

Decision Making*
Humans
Marriage*