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In Virginia, your marriage can't be annulled simply because you've only been married a short time. However, if you have been married for two years or less and your marriage was illegal or based on fraud, then your marriage may be annulled.

A. When a marriage is alleged to be void or voidable for any of the causes mentioned in § 20-13, 20-38.1, or 20-45.1 or by virtue of fraud or duress, either party may institute a suit for annulling the same; and upon proof of the nullity of the marriage, it shall be decreed void by a decree of annulment.

No suit for annulling a marriage or for divorce shall be maintainable, unless one of the parties was at the time of the filing of the suit and had been for at least six months preceding the filing of the suit an actual bona fide resident and domiciliary of the Commonwealth, nor shall any suit for affirming a marriage ...

Both parties must be over 18 years of age. ID will be required in questions of age. The marriage must be performed within 60 days of the date of the license purchase. Both parties must appear in person at the Office of the Clerk of Circuit Court to purchase the license.

On top of all that, the annulment must be initiated within two years of your marriage. This requirement is the root of the confusion about annulments. Technically all annulments are for marriages that last under two years, but the reason is not the brevity of the marriage it is one of the specific legal grounds.

Reports of divorces and annulments. A. For each final decree of divorce or annulment of marriage granted by a court in the Commonwealth, a report shall be certified and filed by the clerk of court with the State Registrar.