Annulment Questions & Advice

An annulment is defined as “a legal procedure for declaring a marriage null and void.”  A divorce recognizes that a marriage took place, but the bonds of matrimony are no longer in place.  In other words, the marriage is never existed when you get an annulment while a divorce just breaks up the marriage thought the marriage is still recognized to have had happened.  An annulment may limit the ability of one spouse to get a share in the marital property or obtain spousal support such as alimony, which would normally result from divorce. An important point to note is that children born from annulled marriages are still considered legitimate. With so many factors to consider and the uniqueness of situation in different couples, many questions are bound to come up, some specific to one case, while other questions are more general.  There are many of the commonly asked questions with resourceful answers here which may help you.