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Grounds for Annulment in Illinois

A Person lacked the capacity to consent at the time of marriage ceremony for one of the following reasons:

Mental incapacity or infirmity.
 
Influence of alcohol, drugs or other incapacitating substances.
 
Party induced to enter a marriage by force, duress or fraud involving the essentials of the marriage.

A Party lacks the physical capacity to consummate the marriage by sexual intercourse and the other party did not know of

the incapacity at the time of the marriage ceremony.

A Party was age 16 or 17 and did not have consent of parents or guardian or judicial approval.

Marriages entered into prior to the dissolution of an earlier marriage of one of the parties.

Marriages between an ancestor and a descendent or between a brother and sister, whether the relationship is by the half or the whole blood or by adoption.

Marriages between an uncle and a niece or between an aunt and a nephew.

Marriages between first cousins unless:

both parties are 50 years of age or older; or either party produces at the time of application for marriage, a certificate signed

by a licensed physician stating that the party is permanently and irrevocably sterile.

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	Did You Know?
	A "Family Limited Partnership" can be used to own and manage your property In a similar manner to a Trust, but allowing additional tax planning techniques to be employed. Family Limited Partnerships are typically used for those who have large estates and thus have a need for specialized estate planning in order to minimize federal and state estate/death/inheritance taxes as well as provide elements of asset protection.