text🌻seeking legal advice

[multidisciplinary]

Type: Text (backdated to before Farplane event)
Sender ID: Anonymous
To: Public
Subject: Seeking legal advice
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Hello.

I am in need of legal advice regarding a private matter:

Is a marriage contract legally binding if one or more parties involved were under the influence of spiritual possession while it was officiated?

Thank you for your assistance.

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[onebullet]

[ God this is going to give Shepard a headache. ]

Let me get this straight:

Were you in control, or were they?

[multidisciplinary]

[ Get your extra strength Advil ready, Shepard. This will get worse. ]

Both. There were times when I was in control and times where the spirit was in control. Usually the division was clear, but in some instances, we were both vying for control at the same time.

[onebullet]

[ Nothing's ever simple. Does Garrus even have any painkillers here? ]

So you allowed them to possess you for the marriage.

But were fighting for control at times?

So you weren't a completely willing host?

[ Good grief. ]

[multidisciplinary]

We were vying for control before the marriage. Initially, the spirit entered my body and took control without my permission, but I was ultimately able to regain it. Then, after some discussion between my spirit and the spirit of her fiancée, who had possessed my companion, we agreed to assist them in being wed, as they could not do so without corporeal forms.

[ Clear as mud. ]

[onebullet]

[ Truly. ]

Could argue that if they hadn't possessed you against your will in the first place, you wouldn't have agreed to let them do it.

Doesn't matter whether that's true or not, you could void it based on that.

[multidisciplinary]

Lie? Before a court of law?

[ surprisedpikachuface.jpg ]

[onebullet]

Nothing wrong with a white lie every now and then.

But is it true?

[multidisciplinary]

[ Given that she's been lying about her identity since she arrived here, Zelda can't exactly dispute that. ]

That is technically true, yes. But even if they had asked my permission before possessing me, I still would have helped them wed their betrothed.

[onebullet]

Sure, but would you have gone through the ceremony yourself?

[multidisciplinary]

You mean, if I was not possessed?

No, I would not. Marriage is a commitment that I am not free to make.

[onebullet]

I'd argue that's entrapment. Meaning, you shouldn't be bound to the marriage.

And if that's not good enough for the lawmakers here, throw a divorce party instead.

[multidisciplinary]

[ The idea of "entrapment" is alarming enough, but "divorce party??" ]

A divorce party seems rather extreme! My companion and I are close friends; even if we do not wish to be married at this time, celebrating a divorce between us feels rather mean-spirited.