text: In order for a marriage to be valid, the man and woman must be free to marry and do so of their own free will and with sufficient knowledge and maturity to enter into a life long commitment.\n\nGiven these requirements, the following are some of the reasons for an annulment.\n\nOne or both the man and woman were pressured into the marriage either by the other spouse or outside parties.\n\nOne of the spouses withheld information about himself or herself that would have made the other person decide not to get married.\n\none or both of the persons was not emotionally mature enough to get married.\n\nOne of the persons in the marriage never intended to remain faithful to the marriage from the very beginning.