Difference between revisions of "Requirements for Divorce and Annulment"
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===Annulment is a court order declaring a marriage invalid=== | ===Annulment is a court order declaring a marriage invalid=== | ||
An '''annulment''' means that, | An '''annulment''' means that, by law, you and your partner aren’t actually legally married. If the court declares a marriage annulled, you don’t have to apply for a divorce. While an annulment ends an '''invalid marriage''', divorce ends a valid marriage. | ||
A marriage is invalid when, for example: | |||
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* | * one spouse was already married when they married the other person | ||
* | * one of the spouses was under age 16 at the time of the marriage ceremony | ||
* a spouse married someone other than the person they intended to marry | |||
====Effect of annulment==== | ====Effect of annulment==== | ||
If the court annuls a marriage, | If the court annuls a marriage, it’s as if the marriage never happened. | ||
Even if a marriage is annulled, spouses can still make claims against each other about the parenting of children, the payment of support, and the division of property and debt under the | Even if a marriage is annulled, spouses can still make claims against each other about the parenting of children, the payment of support, and the division of property and debt under the BC provincial Family Law Act. | ||
====Foreign marriages==== | ====Foreign marriages==== | ||
The law | The law around foreign marriage annulment is complicated. If you want to annul a foreign marriage, you should speak to a lawyer who deals with annulments in the country where the marriage occurred. | ||
Some religions allow for religious annulments. These annulments do not legally | Some religions allow for religious annulments. These annulments '''do not''' legally cancel a marriage or divorce people. The couple stays married until '''a court''' declares an annulment. | ||
==Common questions== | ==Common questions== | ||