Question

Alice was briefly married at the age of 16. She is now 28 years old and plans to marry Henry in the spring. Henry's sister found out about Alice's first marriage and then told Henry's parents. Alice now wants to sue Henry's sister for public disclosure of private facts. Does Alice have a case against Henry's sister?

Answer 1

Answer:

No, because marriage is a public and not a private fact.

Explanation:

From the question we are informed about Alice who was briefly married at the age of 16. She is now 28 years old and plans to marry Henry in the spring. Henry's sister found out about Alice's first marriage and then told Henry's parents. Alice now wants to sue Henry's sister for public disclosure of private facts. In this case, Alice does not have a case against Henry's sister because marriage is considered a public and not not considered a private fact. Private facts can be regarded ones personal details which has not been disclosed in the public domain. These could be private romantic encounter or someone sexual orientation. Immediately this personal details get disclosed publicly by the person, it is considered as "public fact" because it has moved into the public domain. Public disclosure of fact is passing across of fact-at-issue on to public, so that the fact can public knowledge.