Nullity

A marriage can be declared null and void meaning that the marriage never took place at all. This is known as a void marriage. Or the marriage can be declared voidable and will continue until a decree is obtained from the court which will nullify the marriage. There will be circumstances where a marriage may not be valid; for example if one party was already married to someone else whilst marrying another person or if one party to the marriage was under the age of 16.

To obtain a decree of nullity the procedure is a more complicate than a divorce.