Parks v. Parks

CULLEN, Commissioner.

In this action John Parks sought annulment of his marriage to Rhea Mynatt Parks. The relief was denied and John has appealed.

Our statute, KRS 402.030, authorizes a court having equity jurisdiction to “declare void any marriage obtained by * * * fraud.” John alleged fraud in that Rhea falsely represented to him that she was pregnant. His undisputed testimony was that as a college student he became a boarder in the home of Rhea’s mother; at Rhea’s invitation he spent a weekend with her at Myrtle Beach, where they commenced having sexual relations on a basis of mutual…