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Question 1

Dennis and Carmen are in Las Vegas for the weekend. They have been gambling and drinking for several hours on Friday night; by midnight they are extremely drunk, so they decide to get married. They find the appropriate agent for a marriage license. In the morning, they realize they had made a mistake by getting married. Under what grounds can they annul the marriage?

Question 2

Hanna and Jason enter into a prenuptial agreement that stipulates Hanna will take birth control pills only during the first year of marriage. After their first anniversary, Hanna continues to take birth control pills and informs Jason that she no longer wants to have children. In fact, she lied when she told Jason before they got married that she wanted to have children. This disagreement causes a split in their relationship. How will the courts terminate their union?

Question 3

Carole and Drew have been married for five months. Carole finds out that Drew is not as wealthy as he originally claimed. Carole brings an action to annul her marriage on the grounds of fraud. Will Carole prevail?

Question 4

A marriage that has been annulled is considered:

Question 5

Angela died intestate (without a will) six months ago. Angela's potential heirs (her two children and sister) bring an action to annul Angela's marriage to William on the grounds of mental incompetence and fraud. They allege that Angela was of unsound mind at the time of the marriage and that William had induced Angela to marry him in order to inherit from her, knowing she was about to die. What will the court decide?

Question 6

Mona and Ralph dated for only three months before they got married. Five weeks after the marriage, Mona found out Ralph had a serious heroin addiction. She immediately left him. She can have the marriage annulled.