论隐瞒犯罪记录作为婚姻撤销事由的可行性

On the Feasibility of Concealing Criminal Records as a Reason for Marriage Cancellation

时代与社会发展进程中,中国社会生活中的婚姻家庭关系也渐趋复杂,为有效规制现代婚姻关系,更新婚姻法之规定势在必行。从婚姻效力制度设计来看,年初《民法典》的正式生效,一定程度上体现了对于当代婚姻无效要件多元化趋势的适应。在延续《婚姻法》无效婚姻和可撤销婚姻并行二元架构的基础上,《民法典》新增无过错方可撤销婚姻的隐瞒重大疾病情形,从而实现对无过错当事人的权益保障。然而,隐瞒犯罪记录情形可否作为婚姻撤销之依据,在过往的立法中却并未获得过多关注。本文拟就隐瞒犯罪记录为切入点,论述无过错当事人在意思表示瑕疵情形下撤销婚姻的合理性与正当性。

In the process of times and social development,the marriage and family relations in Chinese social life are becoming more and more complicated.In order to effectively regulate modern marriage relations,it is imperative to update the provisions of the Marriage Law.From the perspective of the design of the marriage effectiveness system,the come into force of Civil Code reflects the adaptation to the diversified trend of contemporary marriage invalidity requirements to a certain extent.On the basis of the continuation of the parallel dual structure of invalid marriages and revocable marriages in the Marriage Law,the Civil Code has added the concealment of major illnesses in which marriages can be revoked without fault,so as to realize the protection of the rights and interests of parties without fault.However,whether concealment of criminal records can be used as a basis for marriage cancellation has not received much attention in previous legislation.This article intended to take concealing the criminal record as an entry point to discuss the rationality and legitimacy of the marriage cancellation by the non-faulty parties under the circumstance that the intention is defective.