Dolan v. Dolan

I concur in the result on the merits only. Annulment is statutory both jurisdictionally, Brooks-Bischoffberger v. Bischoffberger, 129 Me. 52, 53, 149 A. 606, and as to subject matter, Mitchell v. Mitchell 136 Me. 406, 423, 11 A.2d 898, and DuPont v. DuPont, 8 Terry 231, 90 A.2d 468 (Del.1952) cert. den. 344 U.S. 836, 73 S.Ct. 46, 97 L.Ed. 651. See 19 M.R.S.A. § 632.

When a statute does not specify grounds for annulment, marriage being a civil contract, Whitehouse v. Whitehouse, 129 Me. 24, 26, 149 A. 572, 35 Am.Jur., Marriage § 1, it may be annulled “for any reason for which equity gives…