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	An annulment is a court ruling that a supposed marriage was never valid. One of the most common grounds for annulment is fraud. For example, one person may have not disclosed to the other a prior divorce, a criminal record, or an unwillingness to have sexual intercourse. An annulment also may be granted may if one of the parties to the "marriage” was still married to someone else at the time of the marriage that is at issue. Other bases for annulments include marriage of an underage person, marriage to too close a blood relative, and marriage by a person under duress as the time of marriage.

St Louis Divorce Lawyers are expert attorneys in the field of divorce law ready to take on any case in St Louis. Divorce is a difficult and sometimes messy process to take on alone. Our St Louis lawyers can help you in all aspects of divorce and divorce law.

There are two types of divorce: absolute and limited. An absolute divorce is a judicial termination of a marriage based on marital misconduct or other statutory cause arising after the marriage ceremony. As a result of an absolute divorce both parties' status becomes single again.

	Missouri Divorce figures 2001–2003
	Figures for divorces and marriage from 2001–2003 - Small snapshot of recent Marriage & Divorce life in this state. Marriages Jan 2001   Divorces Dec 2003   1,195   2,594   Source: National Center for Health Statistics

The consequences of limited divorces vary from state to state. Typically, a limited divorce is commonly referred to as a separation decree; the right to cohabitation is terminated but the marriage is not dissolved and the status of the parties is not altered.

A little less than half of all marriages in the United States end in divorce. The current divorce rate is down a few percentage points from a peak in 1981, but the current divorce rate is almost double what is was in the 1950s.

Our St Louis Divorce Lawyers and Attorneys can assist you by:

• Filing any and all litigation concerning divorce
• Research any changes to St Louis judicial marriage law
• Register all assets to be divided

Common issues often related with divorce cases include:

• child custody advice
• child visitation laws
• fathers visitation
• free legal separation papers

Contact our St Louis Divorce Lawyer now.

St Louis Audio & Video         Washington Divorce Case: Maternity and Marriage AUDIO, RM, 44Kbps, 3:55, 05/12/2005 A divorce case in Washington state has outraged women's groups and inspired a new law. The case involves a pregnant woman who filed for divorce from her husband, who had previously served jailed time for abusing her. When the judge learned the woman was pregnant, he ruled that the divorce couldn't go through Source: NPR

St Louis External Sites         Missouri Constitution, Article I Section 10 Missouri Pacific RR Co. v. Morris (Mo.), 345 SW2d 52. (1961) The striking of the defendant's pleadings in a divorce action because of his failure