Fill and Sign the Louisiana Marriage Form

[Note: Selection of the proper form and its use and modification to suit individual facts and circumstances requires careful review of all the language by the user.] Form No. 9.1 Petition in Suit to Declare Marriage Absolutely Null * * * PETITION FOR DECLARATION OF NULLITY OF MARRIAGE The petition of ____________________ , who is domiciled in _______________ Parish, respectfully represents: 1. Defendant in this suit is _______________ , who is domiciled in _______________ Parish. 2. Plaintiff was married to the defendant on ____________________ , in the city of ____________________ , _______________ Parish, Louisiana, where they established their matrimonial domicile. 3. The defendant was married to _______________ on _______________ and remained married until __________ when a judgment of divorce was obtained in the matter entitled ____ ______ , __________ District Court, Parish of _______________ . A certified copy of the divorce judgment is attached as an exhibit to this petition . 4. Since the defendant was married at the time of the purported marriage to the plaintiff, the plaintiff's marriage to the defendant is an absolute nullity. 5. Prior to the parties’ marriage, the plaintiff had no knowledge that defendant had been married before and no reason to suspect that there was any impediment to the marriage. Plaintiff did not learn of defendant's prior marriage until __________ . At this time plaintiff immediately left the matrimonial domicile. 6. Although plaintiff's marriage to the defendant was an absolute nullity, plaintiff contracted the marriage in good faith, with out knowledge of any legal impediment to the marriage, and thus enjoys all of the rights of a putative wife. 7. No children were born of the putative marriage of the plaintiff and the defendant. 8. Plaintiff reserves her right to file for a partition of community property. WHEREFORE, plaintiff prays for a judgment declaring the marriage between __________ and __________ on __________ to be an absolute nu llity. Form No. 9.2 Judgment of Annulment of Marriage JUDGMENT This matter was tried on _______________ . The court, after considering the law and evidence, and for the reasons orally assigned, rendered judgment as follows: IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the putative marriage between __________ and __________ is declar ed to be an absolute nullity. JUDGMENT RENDERED AND SIGNED, in _______________ , Louisian a, this _____ day of _______________ , 20 _____ . Judge