Legal Separation and Annulment in Pennsylvania

A marriage is void (unless confirmed by living together after the impediment is removed) if either party already had a living spouse, the parties are too closely related, either party lacked capacity to consent or did not intend to consent, or either party to a common-law marriage was under 18. A marriage is voidable if a party was under 16 without court authorization; a party was 16 or 17 without parental consent or court authorization and did not ratify the marriage at 18 (action within 60 days of the ceremony); a party was under the influence of alcohol or drugs (action within 60 days); a party is incurably impotent and the other did not know; or a party was induced to marry by fraud, duress, coercion or force without later voluntary cohabitation.