Question:
What happens to the legal capacity of a minor if their marriage is annulled in Texas?
Answer:
If a minor’s marriage is annulled in Texas, the law treats that marriage as if it never existed. The adult capacity granted by the marriage vanishes with it. The minor is restored to their prior legal status—a child under the law. This is because an annulment voids the marriage from the beginning, unlike divorce, which only ends it from the point of filing forward. In the eyes of the law, a voided marriage never happened, and so it cannot be the source of adult rights.