Annulment
An annulment (or "nullity of marriage" or "nullity of domestic partnership") is when a court says your marriage or domestic partnership is NOT legally valid. A marriage or domestic partnership that is incestuous or bigamous is never valid. Other marriages and partnerships can be declared "void" because:
- of force, fraud, or physical or mental incapacity;
- one of the spouses or partners was too young to legally marry or enter into a domestic partnership; or
- one of the spouses or partners was already married or in a registered domestic partnership.
