Could a decree of annulment ever be referred to as a dissolution of marriage?
Full Question:
Could a decree of annulment ever be referred to as a dissolution of marriage?
02/16/2007 |
Category: Divorce ยป Annulment |
State: Virginia |
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Answer:
Annulments are granted by the court only in certain rare cases. The legal effect is to void a marriage from the very beginning--as if the parties had never married. The marriage is said to be 'void,' or a 'nullity,' i.e., it never existed.
The court's final judgment in a divorce procedure is called a divorce decree, decree of dissolution or judgment of divorce.