Two states in the United States, Colorado and Delaware, have specific laws allowing a couple to annul their marriage if the marriage was done as “jest or dare.” And at least three other states have case law giving a precedent for annulment because a marriage was a “jest or dare.”
Here’s a typical example, from Connecticut’s Davis v. Davis (1934):
The plaintiff and the defendant went on an automobile ride with several young people. It was a joyous occasion, and to add to the excitement the defendant dared the plaintiff to marry her. The plaintiff accepted the dare, a license for the marriage was procured in New York state, and the ceremony was at once performed by a justice of the peace there. Neither party intended at the time to enter into the marriage status. They returned to their respective homes after the ceremony and have never cohabited. Each was nineteen years old at the time.
