What Are the Grounds for Having a Marriage Annulled?

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What are the Grounds for Having a Marriage
Annulled?
A Guide Ending A Marriage Through Annulment
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ANNULMENT VS. DIVORCE
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When you divorce, your marriage is legally
dissolved
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When you divorce, your marriage is legally
dissolved
When you annul a marriage, it is as though the
marriage never happened at all
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• Both are court proceedings,
• but the outcomes are different.

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Benefits of Annulment
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• Some couples choose annulment
• to avoid a perceived stigma that goes along with
  divorce

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Annulment can be a simpler and quicker process to
end a marriage if under the right circumstances
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Only Certain Marriages Can Be Annulled
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There are specific legal grounds for annulment
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If your marriage does not fit one of the
criteria required for annulment, you can still
divorce but cannot have the marriage annulled
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• Having a marriage annulled legally is different
  from annulment through a religious institution
  such as an annulment through the Catholic church

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Having a marriage annulled legally is different
from annulment through a religious institution
such as an annulment through the Catholic church
A religious annulment does not guarantee a legal
annulment and vice versa
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Marriages That Are Void
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• Certain grounds for annulment
• can render a marriage automatically void

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These grounds include
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These grounds include
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Marriages That are Voidable
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Certain other marriages can be voided through
annulment but they are not automatically void
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• You will need to take action
• and demonstrate that the
• marriage should be voided

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Most annulments occur for short marriages having
lasted for only a brief period of time and having
produced no children
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Grounds for Voiding a Marriage
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A marriage may be voided due to
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A marriage may be voided due to
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Additional Grounds for Voiding a Marriage
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