Annulment a possibility?

[TomH]

Hi. I'm a resident of Florida and my wife now resides in Illinois. When we were married, she made many promises to me which I now see to have been fraudulent. These included my agreement to buy a home with her based on her assurance that she would stay in her job ten years. She voluntarily resigned in one year, inducing me to move to another state, agreeing to purchase and stay in a certain home upon which we both agreed. I moved with her but, within 6-months, she was dissatisfied and we sold the house, moving two more times that year. She induced me to sign my business over to her because "she was a better manager" yet, once it was in her name, she performed no management functions at all. She promised fidelity, but was actually seeing someone else at the time of our marriage. Do you think that I have grounds for an annulment rather than a divorce? Thanks! This is so confusing to me....

 

[I AM ALWAYS LIABLE]

My response:

No, but you do have grounds to check yourself into an Insane Asylum.

Good luck. Oh, and by the way - - do you want to invest in some beachfront property in Idaho ?

IAAL

 

[TomH]

No annulment due to being crazy?

Dear IAAL,
Thank you for your response -- it was cute. The issue is very serious to me, however. I am actually quite sane today but was also very much in love with a woman who used a number of fraudulent techniques to induce me to do things in good faith that I would not normally have done. Rather than the "pre-nup" sort of marriage, I wanted a 50-50 relationship. But, I was used.

I know that in Nevada (possibly elsewhere) annulments are given for circumstances such as: One person married the other to steal their money. Another example: One person misrepresented or concealed that he/she was a "golddigger" and only married the other party to use up that person's money; Eg: In Poupart v. District Court of 7th Judicial District, et al, 34 Nev. 336, fraud by a party to the marriage was held grounds for an annulment.

I don't want to breech etiquette by writing too much here. Yet, this is important to me -- she will try to get alimony and all my business interests if we go through a divorce. Is there a resource where I can go to explore annulment?

Thank you.
TomH

 

[LegalBeagle]

Unfortunately you will have to go the divorce route. You will not be able to annull this marriage based on her broken promises and you will be unable to prove otherwise.

Good luck..

 

[TomH]

Thank you, L.B. I wish you had been able to suggest a way to get an annulment but the Truth is better than fantasy -- something I have learned the hard way!

You folks do such important work; it's just too bad that there is so much pain for all of you to deal with. Again, you have my respect and thanks!
Tom

 

[LegalBeagle]

Thanks Tom.. and good luck..

Oh, and try not to be so gullible in the future!