Browning v Reane, decided in 1812, suggests that where an individual is “incapable, from mental imbecility, to take care of his or her own person and property, such a person cannot dispose of his or her person and property by the matrimonial contract, any more than by any other contract” (Browning v Reane (1812) 161 E.R. 1080 (Eng. [read post]