kwillia
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You are the first I've heard heard of getting one for free.
Annulment
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You are the first I've heard heard of getting one for free.
jetmonkey
New Member
You should probably contact a priest if it's that important to you. I was married in the Catholic church, wife is married to someone else now and I never heard anything about an annulment so I don't know what she did for round II :shrug:In order to marry again, has anyone had a past marriage annulled in the Catholic church? How difficult was the process?
I totally agree. Give the church enough money and they'll do anything.
forever jewel
Green Eyed Lady
You can't get it annuled, because as far as the Catholic Church is concerned it wasn't a sacrement, so didn't really count in the first place.
Is that a good thing? Does that mean he can "in the eyes of the Catholic religion" re-marry?
cattitude
My Sweetest Boy
Not true. My marriage was not considered a "Catholic wedding" but he needed to obtain the ecclesiastical annulment in order for him to be married in a Catholic ceremony in the church.
jetmonkey
New Member
Maybe because it was a civil ceremony?
forever jewel
Green Eyed Lady
We scheduled an appointment with a priest to discuss the matter. I was just curious as to other's experiences with this.
Dye Tied
Garden Variety Gnome
Yes, I was on her list of contacts so I was called by a priest to "testify" about her marriage. Just a bunch of b.s. to me. The money went towards all the paperwork, they told her.
cattitude
My Sweetest Boy
I didn't get it...didn't need it. The ex did and since they were members of the church, they didn't have to pay.
You realize that what I'm talking about is not a legal process, right?
Dymphna
Loyalty, Friendship, Love
From a religous aspect he was never truly married in the first place.
kwillia
n/a
Yes. I'm (not a practicing) Catholic. I know exactly what you are talking about and everyone I've ever known to get one has had to pay for it. They make a big deal about having to "present" it to the Vatican for approval and all... yadda yadda yadda.
Dymphna
Loyalty, Friendship, Love
I bet if you cared to check the records, there probably wasn't a true "annulment" in the first place. I don't know how long ago this was, but I'm under the impression it was a while back. It was probably just documentation that there wasn't a "true" marriage in the first place, in that it was never blessed by the Catholic Church. It is possible to not have a Catholic wedding but to later get it "blessed" and thus acknowledged by the Church. They were probably just seeking verification that that had never happened.
From a theological standpoint...the Catholic Church considers marriage a sacrement. The same is true of Baptism, and receiving Holy Euchurist. A Church annulment is basically saying, "we take it back, it wasn't such a blessed event afterall." That doesn't mean they proclaim any children of the marriage to be bastards...(at least not since about 1965 or so).
cattitude
My Sweetest Boy
It was in 1979..and, yes, there was an annulment which I never quite understood because according to the The Sacred Canons of the Catholic Church we never were really married.
I'm giving MY experience.
Radiant1
Soul Probe
An annullment simply means that the marriage never truly existed sacramentally, it's not a divorce.
The Church also recognizes marriages from other Christian faiths if both parties were not Catholic....meaning, if BF is not Catholic and got married Methodist or Baptist and was then divorced via the state, wants to re-marry Catholic he would still have to go through the annullment process. However, if BF got married through the state only (i.e. courthouse) then it's not a recognized marriage and doesn't need an annullment. That's my understanding anyway, it can be very confusing.
itsbob
I bowl overhand
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AiryT
New Member
I got an annulment about seven years ago and as far as I can remember I donated about $400. If was to help defray the cost of paperwork. If you can't afford to pay, you don't have to, at least at that time you didn't. I'm sure not much has changed. Unfortunately, I had already gotten married the second time before I got my annulment, so my husband needs to get an annulment from his first wife also. He thinks she was a catholic. If she was and was married her first time in a church, he only had to fill out a couple forms to get his annulment. The process wasn't hard, but it did take 4-6 months in total. Part of that time was my fault, I didn't fill out paperwork promptly. Hope this helps.
forever jewel
Green Eyed Lady
Thanks for all the responses 
tommyjones
New Member
:don'taskdon'ttell:
i'm not all that religious, but i am pretty sure god would still know
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i'm not all that treligious, but i am pretty sure god would still know
I'll bet He would be pleased that you go around smacking pregnant ladies.