Illinois Code § 750 ILCS 5/301

Declaration of Invalidity - Grounds.) The court
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shall enter its judgment declaring the invalidity of a marriage
(formerly known as annulment) entered into under the following
circumstances:

 
(1) a party lacked capacity to consent to the marriage at the
time the marriage was solemnized, either because of mental
incapacity or infirmity 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;

 
(2) a party lacks the physical capacity to consummate the marriage
by sexual intercourse and at the time the marriage was solemnized the
other party did not know of the incapacity;

 
(3) a party was aged 16 or 17 years and did not have the consent of
his parents or guardian or judicial approval; or

 
(4) the marriage is prohibited.

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