What is an "annulment" and who is eligible for it?

What is an "annulment" and who is eligible for it?

An annulment is a legal declaration that the marriage never happened. So when your marriage is annuled, you are not divorced, you've never been married. As opposed to a divorce, when you are divorced, you are single, but you've already been married and divorced. It's not used very often in California, there are very limited and specific grounds. They include a marriage that was based in fraud; a marriage where one of the parties was not 18 when they got married; a marriage that's bigamous. Maybe somebody married somebody who was already married and they have never been divorced. So those are some of the statutory grounds. You should consult with independent legal counsel to see if you qualify for an annulment.