voidable marriage

"Good faith" in a voidable marriage cannot occur if one or more of the persons are already married to another.

In legal terminology, an annulment makes a voidable marriage null.

(This is regarding annulment of a voidable marriage.)

On the other hand, a voidable marriage was considered a valid marriage until it was annulled by a judicial decree.

This act abolished prospectively voidable marriages.

A voidable marriage (also called an avoidable marriage) is a marriage which can be canceled at the option of one of the parties.

Voidable marriages were recognised until the commencement of the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth.)

Until such an event of acceptance of the marriage or lapse of limitation period, the marriage shall continue to remain as a voidable marriage.

Based on these a marriage is validated, if not it is termed as void marriage or voidable marriage at the option of either of the spouse.

A voidable marriage is contrasted with a void marriage, which is one that is on its face unlawful and therefore legally has no effect, whether or not one of the parties challenges the marriage.

However, the part that deals with marital property excludes common law spouses, as 2 defines spouses as those who are married together or who entered into a void or voidable marriage in good faith.

As in English Law, some classify marriages as either void or voidable; others have no concept of a voidable marriage; still others have a third category of "non-existent" marriage (e.g., Nichtehe in Germany).

The validity of a voidable marriage can only be made by one of the parties to the marriage; thus, a voidable marriage cannot be annulled after the death of one of the parties.