Grounds For Annulment

Grounds For Annulment

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  Grounds For Annulment

  
  Non consummation of marriage.
• Undue, force being used to get couple to marry.
• Marriage between close relatives.
• One partner being underage (no parental consent) at time of marriage.
• One partner being mentally invalid or incapable.

When a couple decides to divorce, the following consideration must be taken in mind:

• Alimony payments
• Child custody
• Visitation rights
• Child support

 
Changes/reform in family law are:

• Extended rights of inherence to children out of wedlock and common-law wives(i.e. Barbados succession act)
• Abolished any legal distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children (i.e. Trinidad & Tobago status or children reform act).