Because a void contract never had legal effect:

Void contract: a contract that has no legal effect from the beginning. It is not a contract at all; it is merely an agreement that the law refuses to enforce. Grounds: illegality (the contract requires: an illegal act, violates a statute, or is contrary to public policy), impossibility (the contract requires: an act that is physically impossible at the time of formation), lack of essential elements (the contract: lacks offer, acceptance, consideration, or legal capacity), and violation of statute (the contract violates a specific FL statute that renders it void). The void contract: cannot be r

Consequences: no obligations (neither party has any obligation under the void contract: no performance is required), no enforcement (neither party can sue to enforce the contract: the court will refuse to entertain the claim), restitution (if one party has performed: they may be entitled to restitution: the return of benefits conferred on the other party: based on unjust enrichment, not the contract), and no waiver (the parties cannot waive the void status: even if both parties want to proceed: the law refuses to enforce the agreement). FL courts: will declare a contract void when presented wi