can you please differentiate them ?
please be informative and if you have links where i could find definitions please
place it here, thank you.
2007-09-22 20:25:21 · 7 answers · asked by rue heleris 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Herer are a couple of definitions which may be useful (links below, and and please note that the definitions also continue as you read down the page, with more information given).
If in doubt, however, consult your solicitor/lawyer ~ it may be that the two things need quite different approaches under the law!
Best wishes :-)
2007-09-22 21:10:06 · answer #1 · answered by thing55000 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
BigleyBill and Luanne are correct -- annulment is a retroactive change that says the marriage never really took place -- for all legal (or religious) purposes, it is as if the marriage never happened in the first place.
Separation is one step in a divorce -- it is the point where the two people are no longer sharing assets -- and usually where they are living separately. Separation is important in many states, because it determines when property starts being looked at separately, instead of it being shared marital property.
And sex has nothing to do with annulment. No marriage was ever annulled based on lack of sex. If people actually read the cases that dealt with lack of sex, the marriage was annulled on grounds of fraudulent misrepresentation. There is no legal requirement that married couples have sex.
2007-09-23 03:54:51 · answer #2 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Annulment means the marriage can be dissolved , like it never took place. Legal separation recognizes the marriage has taken place but the parties involved wish to live separately, usually for insurance purposes.
2007-09-22 20:37:35 · answer #3 · answered by Hirise bill 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A marriage can be annulled if either party can't have sex. It was used many years ago if one party was gay, it was also used in the Middle Ages if the king didn't like the person his daughter married.
Legal separation means you married but not living together.
2007-09-22 20:41:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
annulment means the marriage was dissolved as it never took place! like the Catholic church will determine this part . if you are Catholic!
Legal separation means if you are married and its not working out, You or the other spouse moves out and lives in a separate domicile, while the divorce papers are goinfg thru the court system.
2007-09-22 20:36:12 · answer #5 · answered by Johnny D' Venison 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In legal separation, you're still married but not living together. In annulment, it's as if you were never married.
2007-09-22 20:31:34 · answer #6 · answered by Luanne S 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
annulment means you never had sex.
2007-09-22 20:30:24 · answer #7 · answered by midnitrondavu 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋