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Monday, June 6, 2011

Can I Get An Annulment?

I get asked this a lot by friends and family.  "We have been married less than 6 months can we get an annulment?"

The answer to this question will depend on whether or not the marriage was legal (meaning not defective in some way).  If the marriage was legal it would not matter if you were married one day, you would have to file for divorce.

The grounds for annulment are not rooted in statutory law.  We have to turn to case law to find what a voidable marriage is.  Here are some ways a marriage is voidable (meaning you can annul the marriage):

1.  Duress
2.  Fraud
3.  Deception
4.  Intoxication
5.  Not divorced prior to remarriage
6.  Unsound mind
7.  Pregnant by another man and did not disclose the fact to the man she married
8.  Non disclosure of a pernicious disease
9.  Non disclosure of impotence

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