Legal Question in Family Law in Texas

The first question to be answered is whether or not you have GROUNDS for annulment. You can't get an annulment in the Texas courts just because it seems like a good idea.

Your situation would have to fit into one of the patterns specified in the Texas Family Code (sections 6.102 et seq.). The basic grounds for annulment (or for declaring a marriage void) are

1. one of the parties to the marriage was underage (and is not yet an adult).

2. one of the parties was so drunk (or was under the influence of drugs) that he didn't have the capacity to consent to the marriage.

3. one of the parties is physically (or mentally) unable to have sex.

4. someone used fraud, duress, or force to induce one of the parties to enter the marriage relationship.

5. one of the parties is mentally incompetent.

6. one of the parties had gotten a divorce from someone else less than 30 days prior to the marriage.

7. the parties married less than 72 hours after the license was issued (a suit for annulment under these grounds must be filed within 30 days after the marriage is entered into).

8 the parties are blood relatives (that is, you married your sister or your mother), or you married your stepdaughter.

9. one of the parties was still married to someone else.

If annulment isn't available, you can still get a regular divorce.