Walk It Through: The Marriage That Was a Lie
A spouse still married to someone else, a false age, and a choice between annulment and divorce.
Months after a wedding, a spouse learns the other was still married to someone else at the time.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
Ending a marriage that should not have been made. Property and support after an annulment, a marriage made in another country, and a religious annulment are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Dissolution of marriageThe decree ending a marriage, entered when the relationship has broken down so that the legitimate objects of matrimony are destroyed and there is no reasonable likelihood it can be preserved.
- AnnulmentEnding a marriage on a listed ground: a marriage the law prohibits, impotence, a spouse already living, or a party under a guardianship who lacked capacity.