Annulment

Question 1

Annulment means a marraige is either…

Answer 1

void or voidable.

Question 2

Either party may institute a suit for annulment when a marraige is alleged to be void or voidable because…

Answer 2

1. The marraige was not properly licensed or solemnized;
2. The marraige was prohibited by bigamy of consanguinity (incest);
3. Either party lacked the capacity to consent due to mental incapacity or infirmity, or
4. There was fraud or duress.

Question 3

The grounds on which an aggreived party may institute suit for annulment are:

Answer 3

1. When a party was incapable of consenting at the time of marraige;
2. When a party suffered from impotency of the body when the marragie was entered into (ED);
3. When before the marragie, either party, without the knowledge of the other, had been convicted of a felony;
4. When either spouse had a child by someone else within 10 months of the marriage;
5. If, before the marraige, either party had been, without the knowledge of the other, a prostitute.

Question 4

An anulment will not be granted if the parties have been married for more than…

Answer 4

two years.

Question 5

If an annulment is due on fraud or duress, the lack of ability to consent, or impotency, conviction of a felony, having a child with another person, or prostitution, an annulment will not be granted if the party applying for such…

Answer 5

cohabitated with the other party after learning of the situation.