Legal Question in Family Law in Florida

Re: Annulment or Divorce

1. Florida has no annulment, just marriage dissolution. This requires one party to have resided in Florida for 6 months and a marriage that is irretrievably broken. Fraud would qualify.

2. Read you lease to see if their is a procedure for termination. If not, you will have to negotiate with the landlord. Good luck.

Re: Annulment or Divorce

I cannot give you a formal legal opinion as I would need more facts, but I can tell you some about Fla. Law and where to review those.

Our law allows for annulment before the marriage is consumated and if there was fraud that induced you into the marriage. I believe the last time I researched this, there was no time limit on when you could bring this action. I had a case where the parties were married for a few months, but we filed for annulment, both parties were consenting and the judge was understanding and signed the Judgment! The longer one waits, the more difficult it may be. As stated, one of the factors is that the marriage was not consumated.

You may want to look the Statute up by searching Florida Statutes on line. As you know, you could always file for a divorce.

The lease issue would probably need to be negotiated with the landlord.

If I can be of any assistance, please contact my office. Tom Rosenblum