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North Dakota Annulment and Prohibited Marriage Laws
More Information on Annulment and Prohibited Marriage Laws
| Code Section | 14-04-01, et seq., 14-03-03, 14-03-06; 14-03-01 |
| Grounds for Annulment | Underage; previous marriage undissolved; unsound mind, fraud, or force (unless ratified); physically incapable; incestuous |
| Time Limits for Obtaining Annulment | Previous marriage undissolved: Anytime during life of parties; Underage: Within 4 yrs. of age of consent or unless voluntary cohabitation; Unsound mind: Anytime; Fraud, 4 yrs. after discovery; force or physically incapable: 4 yrs. of the marriage; Incestuous: Anytime |
| Legitimacy of Children | Issue of annulled or prohibited marriages are legitimate |
| Prohibited Marriages | Between ancestor and descendant, brother and sister, uncle and niece, aunt and nephew, first cousins (half and whole blood, legitimate and illegitimate, bigamous, same sex |
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