When can a marriage be null and void?
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When can a marriage be null and void?
The male has not completed the age of 21 years and the female the age of 18 years; The parties are within the degrees of prohibited relationship. Additionally, a marriage can be considered null and void if the respondent was impotent at the time of the marriage and at the time of the institution of the suit.
Can you annul a marriage if you don’t consummate?
Grounds for a Civil Annulment Your status is, in some ways, as if you never married. The only way to obtain a civil annulment that legally dissolves your marriage is by proving one of the following grounds: fraud or misrepresentation, lack of consummation, incest, bigamy, lack of consent, unsound mind, or force.
Which of the following is no longer a ground of voidable marriage?
These are: Inability of the respondent to consummate the marriage on account of his or her impotency. Respondent’s incapacity to consent or suffering from a mental disorder. Consent of the petitioner being obtained by fraud or force.
What are the grounds for a voidable marriage?
A marriage may be voidable on the ground that either party to the marriage did not validly consent to it whether because of duress, mistake, unsoundness of mind or otherwise. Both parties must voluntarily give their consent to enable a valid marriage to take place.
What is the difference between void marriage and voidable marriage?
Difference between Void and Voidable Marriage In a void marriage, the parties do not have the status of husband and wife. In a voidable marriage decree of nullity is required. A void marriage is none in the eyes of law. A void marriage is to be declared void by a competent court.
Which of the following is an example of a voidable marriage?
Examples of voidable marriages include those in which a party was incompetent at the time or marriage or a marriage made under fraud or duress. Recent case law also determined that a marriage that did not conform to statutory licensing requirements was voidable rather than simply void.
