§ 514 - -Party an idiot or lunatic - Vermont Statutes

§ 514. -Party an idiot or lunatic

(a) When a civil marriage is sought to be annulled on the ground of the idiocy of one of the parties, it may be declared void on the complaint of a relative of such idiot at any time during the life of either of the parties.

(b) When a civil marriage is sought to be annulled on the ground of the lunacy of one of the parties, on the complaint of a relative of the lunatic, such marriage may be declared void during the continuance of such lunacy, or after the death of the lunatic in that condition and during the lifetime of the other party to the marriage .

(c) The civil marriage of a lunatic may be declared void upon the complaint of a lunatic after restoration to reason, but a decree of nullity shall not be pronounced if the parties freely cohabited as husband and wife after the lunatic was restored to sound mind.

(d) If an action is not prosecuted by a relative, the civil marriage of an idiot or a lunatic may be annulled during the lifetime of both the parties to the marriage , on the complaint of a person admitted by the court to prosecute as the next friend of such idiot or lunatic.

(e) The word "lunatic" as used in sections 511-514 of this title shall extend to persons of unsound mind other than idiots. (Amended 2009, No. 3, § 12a, eff. Sept. 1, 2009.)