Brenda Larson
Somebody further back was asking about this - VOID MARRIAGE. One not good for any legal purpose, the invalidity of which may be maintained in any proceeding between any parties, while a "voidable marriage" is one where there is an imperfection which can be inquired into only during the lives of both of the parties in a proceeding to obtain a sentence declaring it void. State v. Smith, 101. S.C. 293, 85 S.E. 958, 959, Ann. Cas.1917C, 149. "Voidable marriage" is valid for all civil puposes until annulled in direct proceedings, but "void marriage" is nullity and may be impeached at any time. Pridgen v. Pridgen, 203 N.C. 533, 166 S.E. 591, 593.