How to Delay an Annulment Proceeding

Not all marital unions succeed or are decreed valid. Whatever your legal or personal situation is, you may find yourself in the position of needing to delay an annulment proceeding. It is important to know how to go about delaying an annulment.

Instructions

Difficulty: Challenging

1. Contact your attorney to let him know your situation. Give him your evidence and point out why the proceedings must be delayed. You may need legal help to back up your request.
2. Check with the county clerk to determine where you must send the paperwork to delay an annulment proceeding. The county clerk's office can guide you to the correct government department if they don't handle delaying annulments.
3. Take existing state laws into consideration and present the evidence you feel makes this delay appropriate. "Just cause" evidence will cause a delay in the proceedings.
4. Take matters into your own hands if legal channels have not been helpful. You can refuse to file annulment papers, causing a delay in the proceedings.
5. Resume sexual relations in the marriage if both parties want the marriage to continue. This delays or dissolves the petition to annul the marriage.

Tips & Warnings

• You may need to delay an annulment proceeding to show you should have a divorce instead. Conversely, you may not want the annulment to occur at all.
• Specific states have laws governing annulments that include time limits on each aspect of the process. Check with your attorney and in the court system about these laws. You must work within the laws set forth in the courts.