598.29 - ANNULLING ILLEGAL MARRIAGE -- CAUSES.
598.29 ANNULLING ILLEGAL MARRIAGE -- CAUSES. Marriage may be annulled for the following causes: 1. Where the marriage between the parties is prohibited by law. 2. Where either party was impotent at the time of marriage. 3. Where either party had a husband or wife living at the time of the marriage, provided they have not, with a knowledge of such fact, lived and cohabited together after the death or marriage dissolution of the former spouse of such party. 4. Where either party was a ward under a guardianship and was found by the court to lack the capacity to contract a valid marriage.
Section History: Early Form [C73, § 2231; C97, § 3182; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 10486; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, § 598.19; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 598.29]
Section History: Recent Form 91 Acts, ch 93, §3