WHAT IS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR AN ANNULMENT?
A person who married before their eighteenth birthday should look into obtaining an annulment, instead of a divorce. The most common ground for an annulment is fraud. An annulment is unlike a divorce in two major aspects. First, there is not right to an annulment, the Courts have full discretion whether or not it grants an annulment. An annulment requires much more work than an uncontested divorce; therefore the price is a bit higher. However, the time to get an annulment is basically the same as a divorce. There are five (5) grounds for an annulment: 1. Age: Must have been below 18 Year Old 2. Mental Incapacity: Incapable of Consenting 3. Physical Incapacity: Incapable of Engaging in Sexual Relations 4. Fraud: Intentional Misrepresentation 5.
