Warning: This post contains spoilers from the finale ofLove Is Blind.
If love isnt blind, can it be annulled?
How easy or difficult is it to annul a rushed wedding that you, perhaps, instantly regret?
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Im going to talk about it New York-centric because annulments are treated differently in every state.
Theres no one set rule.
Its the same for divorce.
So I know two states: I know Connecticut where I practice and I know New York.
In New York annulments are a disfavored form of judicial relief to end a marriage.
You could say thats true probably elsewhere too.
The reason its a disfavored view is that the peoplewerevalidly married.
So they were married.
Its like youre retroactively canceling a marriage and so that is not something they want to do.
So the judges say, Hey, if you want to end the marriage, get divorced.
Because its as if it never happened thats what an annulment is.
Got it annulments are pretty rare.
What are some instances where people might be granted one?
Thats not grounds for annulling a marriage.
You have to have, in general, some impediment.
Thats rare, obviously.
Or you could have fraud.
You see some annulments where fraud is alleged.
There was one I just saw where there was a record of emails between the husband and wife.
He actually lived in Africa.
Im not going to be a Christian.
So Im going to grant her system for an annulment because that was true fraud.
In New York, the same situation would also be fraud.
The allegations to obtain an annulment have to be corroborated in New York.
I totally just did this for the cameras.What are my options?
I wouldnt have a legal leg to stand on in terms of an annulment, right?
Retroactively thinking, even right away,Hey, this was a mistake,doesnt make a difference.
Ive seen that in various contexts.
If it was just two actors theyre obviously not actually getting married.
Its totally clear, including to the person who is officiating, that its not a bonafide.
Its not a wedding because there was no present declaration at that point to get married.
I have not seen a reality show contestant make a run at do that.
It wouldve made some news because annulments are unusual.
Not that hes changed his mind, because thats not a fraud, but that he never intended to.
He just said that to get her to marry him.
you’re able to get married anywhere Hawaii, France, wherever.
As a practical matter, you probably couldnt even get divorced if he wanted to a few days later.
So what if we got married in Georgia, and Im from New York but hes from Georgia.
Does it matter which state you file in?
So either state, either Georgia or New York, would have the grounds to grant a divorce.
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