📌 Understanding Civil Annulment in Florida A civil annulment in Florida is a legal declaration that a marriage was invalid from the beginning. Unlike divorce, which ends a valid marriage, an annulment states that the marriage never legally existed. To qualify for an annulment in Florida, one or more legal grounds must be met, such as: ✔ Bigamy – One spouse was already married to someone else at the time of the marriage. ✔ Fraud or Misrepresentation – One spouse deceived the other into marriage through significant lies (e.g., lying about the ability to have children). ✔ Lack of Consent – One or both spouses were forced or coerced into marriage or were mentally incapacitated at the time. ✔ Underage Marriage – If one party was underage and lacked parental consent. ✔ Impotence – If one spouse is incurably impotent and this was undisclosed before marriage. ⚖ Legal Process for Seeking Annulment The annulment process in Florida requires a petitioner to file a request with the cour...
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