Difference between Annulment and Divorce
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This presentation defines and shows the legal difference between annulment and divorce.
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- WHAT'S THE LEGAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ANNULMENT AND DIVORCE?
Louise Banks - Sep 2008 START
- An ANNULMENT is a legal procedure which cancels a marriage
between a man and a woman. Annulling a marriage is as though it is
completely erased - legally, it declares that the marriage never
technically existed and was never valid.
- A DIVORCE, or legal dissolution of a marriage, is the ending of
a valid marriage between a man and a woman returning both parties
to single status with the ability to remarry.
- REASONS FOR ANNULMENT Bigamy - either party was already married
to another person at the time of the marriage
- REASONS FOR ANNULMENT Forced Consent - one of the spouses was
forced or threatened into marriage and only entered into it under
duress
- REASONS FOR ANNULMENT Fraud - one of the spouses agreed to the
marriage based on the lies or misrepresentation of the other
- REASONS FOR ANNULMENT Marriage Prohibited By Law marriage
between parties that based on their familial relationship is
considered incestuous
- REASONS FOR ANNULMENT Mental Illness - either spouse was
mentally ill or emotionally disturbed at the time of the
marriage
- REASONS FOR ANNULMENT Mental Incapacity - either spouse was
under the influence of alcohol or drugs at the time of the marriage
and was unable to make informed consent
- REASONS FOR ANNULMENT Inability to Consummate Marriage either
spouse was physically incapable of having sexual relations or
impotent during the marriage
- REASONS FOR ANNULMENT Underage Marriage - either spouse was too
young to enter into marriage without parental consent or court
approval
- HOW ABOUT DIVORCE?
- REASONS FOR DIVORCE Adultery - one or both spouses engages in
extramarital relationships with others during the marriage
- REASONS FOR DIVORCE Desertion - one spouse abandons the other,
physically and emotionally, for a lengthy period of time
- REASONS FOR DIVORCE Physical/Emotional Abuse - one spouse
subjects the other to physical or violent attacks or emotional or
psychological abuse such as abusive language, and threats of
physical violence