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Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 25-301 (2026)

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Superior courts may dissolve a marriage, and may adjudge a marriage to be null and void when the cause alleged constitutes an impediment rendering the marriage void.  

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1970–2025 · leading case: Hammett v. Hammett, 453 P.3d 1145 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2019).
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Hammett v. Hammett, 453 P.3d 1145 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 4× “§ 25-102(B) (“Persons who are under sixteen years of age shall not marry.”
State ex rel. Dep't of Econ. Sec. v. Demetz, 130 P.3d 986 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 7× “” A.R.S. § 25-301 (2000). 4 Thus, unlike a dissolution decree, which terminates a valid marriage as of the date of judgment, an annulment decree invalidates a marriage from its inception, thereby establishing that the marital status never existed.”
Myrick v. Maloney, 333 P.3d 818 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “The statute provides: The court from time to time, after considering the financial resources of both parties and the reasonableness of the positions each party has taken throughout the proceedings, may order a party to pay a reasonable amount to the other party for the costs and…”
Hodges v. Hodges, 578 P.2d 1001 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1978). · cites it 4× “A.R.S. § 25-301 sets out the grounds for annulment: “Superior courts may dissolve a marriage, and may adjudge a marriage to be null and void when the cause alleged constitutes an impediment rendering the marriage void.”
State Comp. Fund v. Foughty, 476 P.2d 902 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1970). · cites it 4× “The Fund sought a review by the Commission. The Commission affirmed the hearing officer and the matter was brought to this Court for review by certiorari.”
Means v. Indus. Comm'n, 515 P.2d 29 (Ariz. 1973). · cites it 2× “" § 25-301 A.R.S. And our divorce statute in force at the time of the decree of annulment stated: "A divorce from the bonds of matrimony may be granted: * * * * * * "10.”
Margaret A. Hopkins v. R. James Nicholson, 19 Vet. App. 165 (Vet. App. 2005). “Moreover, the use of the term “void, ab initio” in the appellant’s Arizona annulment decree cannot be read in a vacuum to mean that the court in that case determined that the appellant’s first marriage was never valid. The term “void,” as used in the State of Arizona, referred…”
Jackson v. Indus. Comm'n, 592 P.2d 1258 (Ariz. 1979). · cites it 2× “Her petition for reinstatement was denied by the hearing officer who held that false statements of love and affection were not such an “impediment” to marriage as to render it void within the meaning of our annulment statute, A.R.S. § 25-301, and that therefore the Superior…”
Vanwormer v. Lopez, 562 P.3d 420 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 2× “¶15 A party involved in an order of protection proceeding may be eligible for an award of attorneys’ fees and costs, albeit under a different statute.”
Means v. Indus. Comm'n, 508 P.2d 371 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1973). · cites it 3× “In Foughty, supra, by a majority opinion, this Court held that fraudulent concealment of religious non-belief came within the language of A.R.S. § 25-301 as constituting “an impediment rendering the marriage void.”
State Comp. Fund v. Reed, 470 P.2d 465 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1970). · cites it 2× “A.R.S. § 25-301 provides as follows: “Superior courts may dissolve a marriage, and may adjudge a marriage to be null and void when the cause alleged constitutes an impediment rendering the marriage void.”
Jackson v. Indus. Comm'n, 592 P.2d 1270 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1978). · cites it 2× “A.R.S. § 25-301. Petitioner now seeks review in this Court.”
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