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Under Virginia law, a spouse needs a legal ground to annul the marriage. The couple cannot have the marriage annulled if they have been married for at least 2 years. A marriage may either be void or voidable. A void marriage does not require any procedure in order to terminate it, it was invalid from the beginning.

Grounds for a marriage annulment in Virginia include: One of the spouses was under 18 and did not have parental consent to marry. The spouses are closely related, and the marriage involves incest. One of the spouses was legally married to someone else at the time of the marriage, and the marriage results in bigamy.

How Do I Get an Annulment in Virginia? You will need to file a "Complaint for Annulment" in the circuit court for the county where either you or your spouse lives. Either you or your spouse needs to have lived in Virginia and the county where you are filing for at least six months.

You must get a court order to officially annul a voidable marriage, and it's recommended to get one to annul even a void marriage. Annulment papers must be filed in Florida's circuit courts, which sit in "chancery" (equity) and can hear annulment cases because they have equitable (corrective) powers.

Thanks to Hollywood, many people believe that any marriage can be annulled if it was short lived. That's not true though, and at least in Virginia a marriage can only be annulled in a very limited number of circumstances, none of which involve brevity?but you must file your annulment within two years of marriage.

In Florida, there is no time period after your marriage in which you can get an annulment if your marriage is not working out. If your marriage is not working out and you want to end it, you have to get a dissolution of marriage ? a divorce. An annulment typically involves some type of fraud.