An annulment voids a marriage and may be granted under specific circumstances.  An annulment can be granted for causes such as a party's lack of capacity to consent to the marriage (such as a party being underage), duress, fraud, mistake, or where a party's consent to the marriage was obtained by force.  A marriage can also be voided when the defendant is impotent, the marriage was never consummated, when the woman is pregnant by another man without the knowledge of the husband, or when for any other reason, the marriage is not binding.

The claim that a marriage was made in jest will not sustain a request for annulment.