Add a Calculated Field Legal Maine Annulment Forms For Free

An annulment is a court ruling that a marriage was never valid. The most common ground for annulment is fraud and misrepresentation. For example, one person may not have disclosed to the other a prior divorce, a criminal record, an infectious disease, or an inability to engage in sex or have children.

Annulment announces the invalidity of a marriage that was void from its inception. It is to be distinguished from dissolution, which ends a valid marriage for special reasons—e.g., insanity of one partner after marrying.

Legal reasons a judge can annul your marriage Incest- marriages between close blood relatives (like parent-child, siblings, aunt or uncle and niece or nephew) Bigamy - marriages where one of the spouses is already married to someone else.

An annulment is only granted with a showing of specific grounds, which may include: Fraud or coercion. An undisclosed prior marriage. Incest. One or both parties were under the legal age to consent at the time of marriage, as defined by state statute.

The most common reasons a marriage qualifies for an annulment in California include: One party was under the age of 18 at the time of the marriage. One party committed bigamy—entering into a second marriage while a prior marriage was still valid. One party forced the other party to get married against their wishes.

There are six possible legal grounds for annulment in the state: The spouses are related (first cousins or closer) One spouse had another living spouse at the time of marriage (bigamous marriage) One spouse is not of sound mind (mental illness or retardation)

If it can be proved that one party was not of sound mind at the time of the wedding, the marriage can be annulled. Physical incapacity. An inability to consummate the marriage is also grounds for annulment in California if the incapacity continues and appears to be incurable.

No-fault divorces are recognized by the State of Maine. One party must allege that the marriage is "irretrievably broken". This is commonly known as "irreconcilable differences" and means that the two parties no longer get along.

How Do I Get an Annulment? In Maine, you have to file a "Complaint for Annulment" in the district court for the county where your spouse lives, or in the county where you have lived for at least 60 days. See if the clerk at the district court for your county has a sample complaint for annulment that you can use.