Can I get an annulment in Virginia?

Written by our divorce lawyers in Virginia Beach

Unlike a divorce, which dissolves a valid marriage, an annulment is a legal decree that a marriage is void.

Annulments are granted only in limited circumstances such as a marriage entered into because of fraud, duress, or coercion.

For more than a decade our divorce lawyers in Virginia Beach have helped individuals annul their marriages in Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and all of Hampton Roads.

Generally, in order to qualify for an annulment in Virginia, the marriage must be considered “void” or “voidable.” A void marriage is one where one of the parties is still married to another individual, or where the parties are related. A marriage is voidable under a set of narrow circumstances including, but not limited to, fraud and duress.

Annulments are not as easy to obtain as people imagine and cannot be granted merely because the marriage did not last long, or because someone in the marriage changed religions.

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