An annulment differs in one important respect from a divorce, that is if a marriage is declared null and void as in an annulment, there is said to have been no marriage contract. So dealing with each parties right to property and shared income does not apply, as it would be as if the marriage never occurred.
On a point of history Henry VIII did actually have three of his six marriages annulled. He still had two of them executed, and the third is suspected of being poisoned on his orders.
Isn't an annulment a euphemism for a divorce? If a man and wife have their marriage terminated (even if it is judged that it should never have taken place from the beginning), the separation with the right to marry again is still a divorce?
MidnightCowboy
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Looking back, it was a huge waste of time, money, energy, emotion because now I am an Atheist. I think that perhaps I (and my family) had to go through all of this to get to where we are today. I'm looking into Paganism now and I find it very interesting and appealing so I may end up there at some point. I find that I do miss the sense of community that comes to belonging to a group which shares your beliefs. So we'll see what happens.
These are only the most important, generalised elements. More details should be collected separately, according to the different countries, religions and traditions, and also in history.
So. They're actually totally different things.
On a point of history Henry VIII did actually have three of his six marriages annulled. He still had two of them executed, and the third is suspected of being poisoned on his orders.
An annulment on the other hand, declares that the parties do not, and never did, have a legal relationship or obligation to each other. Because, in the eyes of the law, a valid marriage never took place, the parties have no more right to each others’ property than any two strangers on the street.
In addition to avoiding ongoing financial and property obligations to the other party, many parties seek an annulment because of religious or moral objections to divorce, because one party was forced into a marriage against his or her will, or in order to be allowed to remarry within their religion.