Marriage Annulment Answers From The Expert
A marriage annulment is a legal procedure that dissolves a couple’s marital status by establishing that a valid marriage never existed. In effect, it nullifies the marriage, returning the parties to their prior single status. It’s a common misconception that short marriages can be annulled, but the length of the marriage is not a qualifying factor. Generally, for a marriage to be declared invalid, one of the following grounds for annulment must be met:
- One or both parties were not old enough to enter the marriage contract;
- There exists a close blood relationship between the parties;
- One party was still legally married when the current marriage occurred;
- One party was impotent and unable to consummate the marriage;
- One of the spouse’s didn’t have the mental capacity to enter into a marriage contract. (i.e. due to drunkenness or mental disability)
- One of the spouses entered into the marriage under duress, threat, or force.
- The marriage was entered into fraudulently. This may be due to the concealment of impotence, criminal history, sexually transmitted diseases, etc.
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