An annulment is a legal proceeding to declare the marriage invalid (as if it never occurred). In Illinois, there are a just few grounds to declare a marriage invalid: 1) One of the parties lacked capacity to consent to the marriage at the time of the marriage ceremony because of mental incapacity or if they were under the influence of drugs or alcohol that inhibited their ability to consent; or a party was induced to enter into the marriage by force, duress or fraud involving the essentials of the marriage; 2) A party lacks the capacity to consummate the marriage by sexual intercourse, and the other party did not know of the incapacity; 3) A party was under the age of 18 and did not have parental/guardian consent or judicial approval; or 4) The marriage is prohibited.
Answered on Apr 08th, 2013 at 2:11 AM