A marriage may be declared void for any of the following causes existing at the time of the marriage:
(1) that the party in whose behalf it is sought to have the marriage declared void was under the age of legal consent, and the marriage was contracted without the consent of the parents, guardian, or person having charge of that party, unless, after attaining the age of consent, the party for any time freely cohabited with the other as husband and wife;
(2) that either party was of unsound mind, unless that party, after coming to reason, freely cohabited with the other as husband and wife;
(3) that the consent of either party was obtained by fraud, unless that party afterwards, with full knowledge of the facts constituting the fraud, freely cohabited with the other as husband and wife;
(4) that the consent of either party was obtained by force, unless that party afterwards freely cohabited with the other as husband and wife;
(5) failure to consummate the marriage at the time of the marriage and continuing at the commencement of the action.
Structure Alaska Statutes
Title 25. Marital and Domestic Relations
Chapter 24. Divorce and Dissolution of Marriage
Article 1. Divorce and Annulment.
Sec. 25.24.010. Right of action for divorce.
Sec. 25.24.020. Void marriages.
Sec. 25.24.030. Voidable marriages.
Sec. 25.24.040. Action to declare marriage valid.
Sec. 25.24.050. Grounds for divorce.
Sec. 25.24.070. Confession of adultery.
Sec. 25.24.080. Residence requirements for action to declare marriage void.
Sec. 25.24.090. Use of spouse's residence.
Sec. 25.24.110. Separate domicile or residence.
Sec. 25.24.120. Defenses to adultery.
Sec. 25.24.130. Defenses to other divorce grounds.
Sec. 25.24.140. Orders during action.
Sec. 25.24.150. Judgments for custody; supervised visitation.
Sec. 25.24.152. Children as dependents for tax purposes.
Sec. 25.24.155. Reservation of issues.
Sec. 25.24.165. Change of name in divorce or annulment.