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ACDAS
Your Name: _________________________
Address: ____________________________
City, State, Zip: ______________________
Phone: _____________________________
Email: ______________________________
Self-Represented
DISTRICT COURT
CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA
_
_____________________________
Plaintiff,
vs.
_
_____________________________
Defendant.
CASE NO.: ____________________
DEPT: ____________________
ANSWER AND COUNTERCLAIM FOR ANNULMENT OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE
FOR DIVORCE
(No Children)
Defendant respectfully states:
1. Defendant admits the following allegations: (write the paragraph numbers from the
Complaint you agree with) ________________________________________________.
2. Defendant denies the following allegations: (write the paragraph numbers from the
Complaint you disagree with) ______________________________________________.
3. Defendant is without sufficient knowledge to admit or deny the following allegations:
(write the paragraph numbers you are unsure about) ___________________________.
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AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES
The parties were not married in Nevada, and neither party is a Nevada resident.
There is another case concerning these parties in another state.
Other: ___________________________________________________________.
COUNTERCLAIM FOR ANNULMENT OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE FOR DIVORCE
1. Jurisdiction. ( check all that apply)
The parties were married in the State of Nevada on (date of marriage)
____________________.
The following spouse has been a resident of the State of Nevada for at least six weeks
prior to filing this Complaint and intends to make Nevada his/her home for an
indefinite period of time: (name of Nevada resident)
___________________________________________. The parties were married on
(date of marriage) ______________________ in (city) ___________________,
(state) __________________.
2. Reason for Annulment. ( check all that apply)
There is a close enough blood relationship between the parties that the marriage is
prohibited by law.
Plaintiff was married to someone else on the day of the wedding ceremony.
Defendant was married to someone else on the day of the wedding ceremony.
Defendant was under the age of 18 at the time of the marriage ceremony and did not
get the proper consent from the parents, guardians, and/or district court. This
Complaint is being filed within one year of Defendant reaching 18 years of age, and
the parties have not freely cohabited since that time.
Defendant lacked understanding of his/her actions to the extent that he/she was
incapable of agreeing to the marriage because (explain) ________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
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Defendant was insane at the time of the wedding and has regained sanity. The parties
have not freely cohabited since Defendant regained sanity.
Defendant’s consent to the marriage was obtained by fraud because (describe the
fraud): _______________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
Defendant has not freely cohabited with the other party since learning of the fraud.
3. Children. There are no minor children in common born to or adopted by the parties.
( check one)
Neither spouse is pregnant.
The following spouse is pregnant: (name of pregnant spouse) __________________.
The other spouse is / is not the parent of the unborn child. The child is due to be
born on (date): __________________.
It is unknown whether either spouse is currently pregnant.
4. Name Change. ( check one)
Defendant does not request a name change.
Defendant would like to be restored to his/her former name of (insert former name
you would like to go back to) ____________________________________________.
5. Alternate Request for Divorce. ( check one)
Defendant does not want to include a claim for divorce as part of this case. (Skip the
remaining sections and sign page 5)
If the Court does not grant an annulment, Defendant requests a divorce. The parties
are incompatible.
6. Community Property. If a divorce is granted: ( check one)
There is no community property to divide.
Any community property has already been divided.
I do not know the full extent of the community property.
The community property should be divided as follows (next page):
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Plaintiff:
1. ______________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________________
4. ______________________________________________________
Defendant:
1. ______________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________________
4. ______________________________________________________
7. Community Debt. If a divorce is granted: ( check one)
There is no community debt to divide.
Any community debt has already been divided.
I do not know the full extent of the community debt.
The community debt should be divided as follows:
Plaintiff:
1. ______________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________________
4. ______________________________________________________
Defendant:
1. ______________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________________
4. ______________________________________________________
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8. Alimony. If a divorce is granted: ( check one)
No spousal support is requested.
Plaintiff should pay $________ per month in spousal support for the next (number)
_______ years.
Defendant should pay $________ per month in spousal support for the next (number)
_______ years.
9. If Defendant is able to hire counsel, attorney’s fees and costs are requested.
Defendant requests:
1. That the marriage existing between Plaintiff and Defendant be declared null and
void and/or dissolved, and that Defendant be granted an absolute Decree of
Annulment and/or Decree of Divorce, and that each of the parties be restored to
the status of a single, unmarried person;
2. That the Court grant the relief requested in this Counterclaim; and
3. For such other relief as the Court finds to be just and proper.
DATED this (day) ______ day of (month) ___________________, 20____.
Submitted By: (your signature) _______________________________
(print your name) _______________________________
VERIFICATION
Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I am the Defendant in the above-entitled action;
that I have read the foregoing Answer and Counterclaim and know the contents thereof; that the
pleading is true of my own knowledge, except for those matters therein contained stated upon
information and belief, and that as to those matters, I believe them to be true.
I declare under penalty of perjury under the law of the State of Nevada that the
foregoing is true and correct.
DATED this (day) ______ day of (month) ___________________, 20____.
Submitted By: (your signature) _______________________________
(print your name) _______________________________
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