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→Voidable marriages
A voidable marriage is a marriage that is ''potentially'' void ''ab initio'' but is presumed to be valid until an application is successfully made to the court for an ''annulment'', a declaration that the marriage is in fact void. A marriage may be annulled if:
Remember that marriages celebrated in these circumstances are presumed to be valid until the court declares them to be void. Without that declaration, an otherwise voidable marriage remains legal and binding.
It is important to know that even if a marriage is annulled, the parties may still have certain legal rights and obligations towards each other as long as they qualify as "spouses" under the provincial ''[[Family Law Act]]''.
===Consent and duress===
A 2004 case of the British Columbia Supreme Court, ''[http://canlii.ca/t/1q1m1 Grewal v Sohal]'', reviewed the law on applications to annul a marriage based on an inability to consummate. The court held that the applicant must prove that:
==Invalid marriages==