How to Get an Annulment in Oklahoma
When a couple marries and later wishes to dissolve the marriage, divorce is one option. Nonetheless, if the marriage was based on fraud or if the parties were relatives, the marriage can be dissolved by annulment. An annulment differs from a divorce because it legally erases the marriage from the legal records as if it never existed. In Oklahoma, annulments are granted under specified circumstances. Because Oklahoma law views a marriage to be a civil contract between two parties, the law will permit the marriage contract to be annulled for the same grounds that any other contract can be annulled.
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Read the Oklahoma law regarding annulment. The law specifies that annulments to marriages can be based on the following grounds: incapacity to contract due to lack of age or understanding; parties are relatives; or parties are the same sex.
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Choose the grounds for annulment that applies to your situation. For example, if you married and later found out that your spouse was under the legal age for marriage, you would seek an annulment on the ground of incapacity to form a contract.
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Gather any documentation to support your grounds for annulment. In the case of the ground of lack of capacity due to age, you could get a copy of the birth certificate of your spouse to use as evidence.
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Go to the court in the jurisdiction where the marriage was contracted and request an annulment. Speak with the clerk of court to get a form to request the annulment. Submit the form with your evidence and reason for seeking the annulment.
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Await the court hearing. The court will hold a hearing regarding the annulment. In that hearing you can further explain your reasons for seeking the annulment.
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Wait for the disposition of the court. The judge will make a decision in your case. If the decision is favorable, the marriage will be erased from the books.
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Tips & Warnings
Children born to a marriage that is later annulled are considered legitimate under Oklahoma law.
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