An annulment of marriage, as defined under Part 3, Division 1, Section 23 of the Marriage Act 1961 (Cth) by the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, is a legal decree that renders a marriage null and void. Unlike divorce, which terminates a valid marriage, an annulment declares that the marriage was never legally valid in the first place. This means that the marriage is considered to have never existed from a legal standpoint.
To put it simply, an annulment means that the marriage was never valid, and therefore, it does not carry the same legal implications as a divorce. One significant implication is that there is no risk of future property settlement disputes because there is no shared property, as the parties were not legally married.
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