Ferguson v. Ferguson’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “(1) The Circuit Court shall enter its decree declaring the invalidity of a marriage entered into under the following circumstances: (a) A party lacked capacity to consent to the marriage at the time the marriage was solemnized, either because of mental incapacity or deformity or because of the influence of alcohol, drugs, or other incapacitating substances, or a party was induced to enter into a marriage by force or duress, or by fraud involving the essentials of marriage; (b) A party lacks the physical capacity to consummate the marriage ... (c) The marriage is prohibited. (2) A declaration of invalidity under paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection (1) may be sought by any of the following persons and must be commenced within the times specified, but only for the causes set out in paragraph (a) may a declaration of invalidity be sought after the death of either party to the marriage: (a) For a reason set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1), by party or by the legal representative of the party who lacked capacity to consent, who was the offended party or did not know of the incapacity ... (b) For the reason set forth in paragraph (c) of subsection (1), by either party....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Marshall v. Marshall