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While an annulment renders the marriage non-existent under the law for a variety of legal reasons, there still may be children of the union to be addressed in the court process.
Even though the marriage declared a nullity, both parents will continue to maintain their parental rights and obligations. The court will likely hold a separate hearing to determine custody and address issues of child support and visitation. These issues will be handled exactly as in a divorce case.
Property distribution will work much the same way as it does in a divorce action with the exception that the court will typically look to return the parties to where they were before the marriage (to the extent that it can).
Remember that the annulment erases a marriage so, theoretically, there should not be any “marital property” to split. Of course, this is not always realistic so the court will rely on its usual property division procedures – either equitable distribution or division under community property law – however, it will not address earning potentials and other “future” incomes.
The sole purpose of the court will be to restore the parties to their “separate” selves. Any actual community property such as a marital home or joint bank account will be split according to standard property distribution procedures of your state.
I was on the way from seperating from my husband when I learned of his infildelity and he had father some kids with differnt women I had no money for a divorce then and he never acknowledge me as his wife while he was out cheating the moment I claimed money for friend I was sued by my husband because my friend won a large sum of money and i claimed in for him. He told he was from st. croix and he had property over there so I did a background check and discovered that he has been married 3 times not two and he is still married for 27 years and he is denying that he is married saying that is not his siqniture and I met with the wife and she said yes this her husband and that she married him for green card and that he was from Haiti, now she is denying the marriage because he met with her and promised to give her money. What can I do to put an in to this madness? The lawyers are all loving this case to drag on at my expense