What is the difference between an annulment and a divorce?
An annulment dissolves the marriage as though it never occurred and voids the marriage. A divorce just dissolves the marriage. My spouse will not agree or can’t be found, what are my options? You can begin a Complaint process, but there may be a less likely chance that the annulment be approved by the Judge with only one party signing. What are the grounds for annulment? Grounds for annulment include: – A marriage that was void at the time performed (such as blood relatives, bigamy), – A marriage that lacked consent (such as intoxication, insanity, underage), – A marriage based on some kind of fraud. Fraud generally involves one party misrepresenting some material fact to the other party, and that other party having relied on that misrepresentation as a basis for the marriage. To file an action based on fraud, you must have immediately separated from your spouse as soon as you learned of the fraud. NRS 124.340. This is true for lack of consent circumstances as well. You cannot cohabita