A court can award temporary alimony to the party seeking an annulment. However, it is imperative that the party show a need for such support and the ability of the other party to pay. The court will allow temporary alimony where the fact of marriage is established prima facie and one spouse has the means to live and to litigate, while the other is destitute. Even if there is a question as to whether the parties have a valid marriage, based on allegations of a prior marriage by one of the parties to…continue reading →
First, we must determine that you meet the requirements for an annulment. The purpose of an annulment is to declare that, because of some disability or defect that existed at the time of the marriage ceremony, a valid marriage never took place or a valid marriage relation never existed between the parties. This differs from a divorce, in that, a divorce dissolves a valid marriage that is admitted to exist. In Florida, a marriage may be annulled for any cause that has prevented the parties from contracting a valid marriage. A marriage that…continue reading →
