Catholic Church Annulment

What is an annulment?

Q & A

Question: How long does it take?

Question: How do I know if I can get an annulment?

1. It is celebrated in a ceremony according to Church law;
2. Both parties are free to marry each other;
3. Each partner intends, from the beginning of the marriage, to accept God's plan for married life as taught by the Church;
4. Each partner has the physical and psychological ability to live out the consent and commitment initially given to the marriage.

Question: What are the grounds for annulment in the Catholic Church?

1. Refusal or inability to consummate the marriage (inability or refusal to have sex) ,
2. Bigamy, incest (being married to someone else, or close relatives)
3. Duress (being forced or coerced into marriage against one's will or serious external pressure, for example a pregnancy)
4. Mental incapacity (considered unable to understand the nature and expectations of marriage)
5. Lack of knowledge or understanding of the full implications of marriage as a life-long commitment in faithfulness and love, with priority to spouse and children.
6. Psychological inability to live the marriage commitment as described above.
7. Illegal "Form of Marriage" (ceremony was not performed according to Catholic canon law)
8. One/both partners was under the influence of drugs, or addicted to a chemical substance.

Question: How much does it cost?

What is the Pauline Privilege?

Pauline Privilege

Scriptural Authority

Conditions

1. The Catholic Church can dissolve a marriage bond, allowing the Catholic party to re-marry, if:
2. Both persons were not baptized at the time of their wedding. Marriage originally not sacramental.
3. One party has been baptized, but the other remains unbaptized. Marriage remains not sacramental.
4. The unbaptized person departs physically by divorce or desertion, or morally by making married life unbearable for the baptized person. Just cause for the dissolution.
5. The unbaptized person refuses to be baptized or to live peacefully with the baptized person. Unbaptized person is asked.
6. Civil divorce has been granted by the state. Church cannot be responsible for the separation.

Some Observations

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