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Annulment
Annulment is about setting your marriage aside based upon some trick or deception at the time of the marriage. Very few cases qualify for an annulment even if you have only been married for a short period of time.
An annulment may be had:
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if one of the spouses is under 14 years of age
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if one of the spouses is under 18 years of age and no parental consent was obtained before the marriage
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if the person asking for annulment was under the influence of alcohol or narcotics at the time of marriage, and has not voluntarily cohabited with the other party since the effects of alcohol or narcotics have ended
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if one of the spouses was permanently impotent at the time of the marriage, the person asking for annulment didn't know about the impotence at the time of marriage, and the person asking for the annulment has not voluntarily cohabited with the other party since learning of the impotence
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the other party used fraud, duress, or force to induce the petitioner to enter into the marriage, and the petitioner has not voluntarily cohabited with the other party since learning of the impotence
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lack of mental capacity
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concealed divorce less than 30 days before the marriage sought to be annulled (and no cohabitation since)
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if the parties married less than 72 hours after the marriage license was granted and an annulment suit is filed less than 30 days after the marriage
Further, annulment requires that the parties have not lived together since discovery of the trick or deception.
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