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A 57-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly forging documents to marry his former wife’s teenage daughter, who apparently had not agreed to the marriage and could not legally marry him, police said Friday.

The man, a tax accountant in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, brought papers to the Akashi city office in April to file for marriage with the 16-year-old high school student the day after he divorced his wife, police said.

The man, suspected of forging a parental consent document required in the event of a marriage involving a minor as well as another document, has admitted to the allegation and said he did it because he liked the girl, police said.

The girl found out about the marriage filing after receiving a notice from the city office and has since sought to nullify it at a family court. Once the court recognizes the marriage as invalid, her registration will be restored to its original state.

Under the Civil Code, a person cannot marry the child of a former spouse.