Annulment
An annulment is a court ruling that a marriage was never legally valid, treating it as if it never happened—unlike a divorce, which ends a valid marriage. In Florida, annulments are rare and limited to specific grounds such as fraud, bigamy, marriage to an underage person without proper consent, or a spouse lacking the mental capacity to consent. Florida has no annulment statute, so these cases are governed by court decisions (case law) and can be harder to prove than a standard divorce.
Last updated June 21, 2026
Legal Definition
A judicial declaration that a marriage is void or voidable from its inception; in Florida annulment is governed by common law rather than statute, requiring grounds such as fraud, duress, bigamy, incapacity, or nonage.
Example
She sought an annulment after discovering her spouse was already married to someone else.
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