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§48-3-101. Right to Sue to Annul or Affirm Marriage

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, an action to annul or affirm a marriage is not maintainable unless one of the parties is a resident of this state at the time the action is commenced. (b) Even if neither party is a resident of this state, an action to annul […]

§48-3-102. Venue of Actions for Annulment or Affirmation

(a) If the respondent to an action for annulling or affirming a marriage is a resident of this state, the petitioner has an option to bring the action in the county in which the parties last cohabited or in the county where the respondent resides. (b) If the respondent to an action for annulling or […]

§48-3-103. Voidable Marriages

The following marriages are voidable and are void from the time they are so declared by a judgment order of nullity: (1) Marriages that are prohibited by law on account of either of the parties having a wife or husband of a prior marriage, when the prior marriage has not been terminated by divorce, annulment […]

§48-3-104. Affirmation or Annulment of Marriage

If a marriage is supposed to be void, or voidable, or any doubt exists as to its validity, for any of the causes set forth in section 3-103, or for any other cause recognized in law, either party may, except as provided in section 3-105, institute an action for annulling or affirming the marriage. Upon […]

§48-3-105. What Persons May Not Institute Annulment Action

An action for annulling a marriage may not be instituted: (a) Where the cause is the natural or incurable impotency of body of either of the parties to enter the marriage state, by the party who had knowledge of such incapacity at the time of marriage; (b) Where the cause is fraud, force or coercion, […]

§48-3-106. Relief Ordered in Annulment

In an action for annulment, the court may order all or any portion of the final relief provided for in sections 5-603 through 5-614 and all or any portion of the temporary relief provided for in part 5, article 5 of this chapter.

§48-3-107. Modification of Order Granting Annulment

Upon the petition of either party, the court may revise or alter an order entered in an action for annulment or make further orders, concerning the following matters: (1) The support and maintenance of either spouse;