What are the grounds for an annulment?
The Code of Canon Law recognizes the following grounds as invalidating: force or fear; ignorance, error; fraud; intention against fidelity; intention against children; intention against permanence; intention against partnership of life; lack of reason; grave lack of discretion of judgment; inability to assume the essential rights and duties of matrimony. The circumstances surrounding the failed marriage will indicate which ground will be assigned tot he case.
 


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