Kris Humphries Annulment? The NBA Star's Next Move: Report

UPDATE: According to People magazine, Kris Humphries filed for an annulment Wednesday, citing "fraud" as the basis for his filing.

UPDATE: TMZ is reporting that Kim Kardashian initially wanted to annul the marriage but was told that there were no legal grounds for an annulment. Friends of the reality star say she and Humphries considered annulling the marriage before she filed for divorce.

Despite previous reports that Kris Humphries planned to sign Kim Kardashian's divorce papers without a fight, People magazine is now reporting that Humphries plans to seek a legal separation instead, with the intent to annul his 72-day marriage to the reality TV star.

Sources tell the magazine that Humphries will file the papers within days.

According to California law, an annulment can only be granted if one of the following eight conditions have been met: bigamy, incest, underage spouse (without parental consent), prior existing marriage or domestic partnership, unsound mind (existence of a mental condition), fraud, force, or incapacity (partner is unable to consumate the marriage).

According to TMZ, the NBA star plans to cite fraud. Under California law, Humphries would need to prove that there was "deception regarding a significant matter that led to the marriage or the partnership and continued until the breakup."

Celebrity divorce lawyer Raoul Felder told the Huffington Post that an annulment would not be the right decision in this case.

"An annulment is based on fraud... it requires corroboration, witnesses to back it up," he said. "The average person with a 60-day marriage would be talking with their lawyer about an annulment. But there is a lot of exposure involved in it and I just don't think they want that. I think in this case it would hurt them; it's easier to get divorced."

Kardashian filed for divorce last month, citing "irreconcilable differences."

"I hope everyone understands this was not an easy decision," she said in a statement on October 31. "I had hoped this marriage was forever, but sometimes things don't work out as planned. We remain friends and wish each other the best."

Comments

[Susan1964]

09:01 AM on 12/06/2011

Humphries won't get an extra dime above what he's agreed to in the pre-nup. The fact that he was told an annulment would not be in his best interest and he chose to file anyway speaks volumes. The man has to have his own way, and that's exactly how he treated Kim. He thought he was going to change her, and felt he was a big enough man to do it. He was soooo wrong.

[Willie12345]

09:51 AM on 12/02/2011

I hope he takes her to the cleaners.

[myviews]

10:39 PM on 12/01/2011

He should annul her behind and get the dirt out in the public that this whole thing was a scam.

[EStreetShuffler]

02:46 PM on 12/02/2011

I think that kind of annul is spelled differently...

[heerox001]

08:35 PM on 12/01/2011

Well he has the fraud part pretty much covered along with an overflowing tub of it.

[inthedesert]

07:06 PM on 12/01/2011

I read today that KK is saying that he is gay and that after their wedding night he would not touch her.....LMAO. Humphrie's people are denying that he is gay. I actually think this was a publicity stunt that they were both in on from the beginning.

[Rob8001]

06:54 AM on 12/02/2011

She's looking for anyway to repair her reputation. Like their is something to repair? Her group tried to get another basketball player, but he said no. (smart guy). Then they went to Humphries.
He signed everything she wanted. A prenup, the rights to all the money made from the wedding, everything. It was a fraud from the beginning. At least from her part. I'm surprised he didn't walk when he found out she had been married before. And, not from her. She's a shark. He was just bait and didn't realize it.

[MissIndependentLady]

06:05 PM on 12/01/2011

This guy really is an airhead. How did he not know from the very beginning that Kim Kardashian was a fraudulent woman? Just look at her behind.

[Rob8001]

06:55 AM on 12/02/2011

And that's his fault. Taken an IQ test lately. Don't insult people for something they have no control over or were born with.

[MissIndependentLady]

08:05 AM on 12/02/2011

He's not mentally disabled. He's stupid. You can't change disability, but you can change stupidity.

[melanielpc]

05:22 PM on 12/01/2011

I am an adult who still enjoys Chicken and Stars soup. Is that wrong?

[Jake Stein]

07:47 PM on 12/01/2011

Watch the sodium.

[Ernie McCrackin]

03:49 PM on 12/01/2011

Is it bad that I want them all to suffer a fate worse than death?

[myviews]

10:40 PM on 12/01/2011

Their life is worse than some people's death. Isn't that enough?

[meganmarieborn]

03:21 PM on 12/01/2011

Both of them are a joke and seem to be playing a huge game. DRAMAAAAA

[namrogm]

03:06 PM on 12/01/2011

Kris, do it, guy. It's a slam dunk for you! Erase, erase, erase!!!

[meremortal]

01:10 PM on 12/01/2011

He's probably looking to invalidate the prenup through an annulment. The prenup is probably protecting Kim from a lawsuit.

[Susan Hungerford]

10:45 AM on 12/01/2011

Kris, You are well rid of her. GET THE RING BACK!

[basque39]

01:24 AM on 02/08/2012

She bought the ring, not Kris. She was seen wearing the same ring a year before because she thought that Reggie Bush was going to ask her to marry him.

[IMeanWhat1]

09:45 AM on 12/01/2011

Surely, the Kardashian / Humphries debate is a welcome reprieve from those annoyingly boring Republican Debates. I give you As The Stomach Turns, Episode 3, Oh Yeah! starring Kris Humphries, Bianka Kamber (his ex-girlfriend) and his Random Family Members: http://bit.ly/uoxfnl

[susanbsbi]

08:35 AM on 12/01/2011

I hope he get t0 annulment based om Fraud. That would serve KIM well and will be with her a lot longer than the marriage

[Pointless Agony]

09:03 PM on 11/30/2011

I believe Kim has a fantasy view of marriage. She probably thought that after they got married that they would live happily ever after. News flash––even after marriage there will be differences and it takes hard work and commitment to workout those differences