Annulments

[Miriam1947]

A non Catholic unbaptized person marries a Jew in a civil ceremony and later divorces.
Do they need an annulment in the Catholic church to marry again if they have 35 years after the divorce been baptized and received in the church?

 

[YADA]

Only if they have re-married or intend to re-marry …

From your post it appears that both have been baptized and enttered the church [or intend to] and they remain divorced from each other and neither has remairried …

Even if it is just one party who has or is going to join the church …

Marriages that end in divorce do not pre-clude a person from reception of the sacraments … re-marriage without a decision on the validity of the first marriage would …

So as long as there is no remarriage nor intention to marry … ther is no need to seek a decision …

If they might consider re-marriage then yes, they should seek a decision …

The length of time of the divorce has no bearing, nor does the reason for the divorce … the investigtion looks at the facts as they existed when the amarriage was entered into …

And the church begins with a presumption of validity …

 

[JRKH]

A non Catholic unbaptized person marries a Jew in a civil ceremony and later divorces.
Do they need an annulment in the Catholic church to marry again if they have 35 years after the divorce been baptized and received in the church?

Talk it over with your priest, or contact the Bishipric for help.

Peace
James

 

[neophyte]

A non Catholic unbaptized person marries a Jew in a civil ceremony and later divorces.
Do they need an annulment in the Catholic church to marry again if they have 35 years after the divorce been baptized and received in the church?

You mean they intend to re-marry each other? They worked things out and are getting back together? In that case I’m thinking they do not need a declaration of nullity.

If they intend to marry other people then I imagine that they’d need a declaration of nullity.

These are always times for counseling with the priest.

 

[1ke]

A non Catholic unbaptized person marries a Jew in a civil ceremony and later divorces.
Do they need an annulment in the Catholic church to marry again if they have 35 years after the divorce been baptized and received in the church?

The Church must declare that the person is free to marry. Your post is ambiguous, but I am reading it as the person who is referred to in the first sentence as a “non-Catholic unbaptized person” is the person referred to as “they” in the second sentence.

The marriage would need to be examined by the Tribunal for validity. Perhaps it would be found to have a defect resulting in a decree of nullity.

However, if the marriage is found valid-- because it was between two unbaptized persons, one of whom is now baptized-- there **may **be recourse to the Pauline Privilege.

I suggest you do two things:

(1) make an appointment to discuss the matter with your priest. He will guide you on how to start the process of examining your marriage for validity/nullity.

(2) obtain a copy of the book Annulment: The Wedding That Was by Michael Smith Foster. It covers decrees of nullity in detail, and also discusses dissolving a valid, non-sacramental marriage in favor of the Faith (Pauline and Petrine Privilege).

 

[puzzleannie]

A non Catholic unbaptized person marries a Jew in a civil ceremony and later divorces.
Do they need an annulment in the Catholic church to marry again if they have 35 years after the divorce been baptized and received in the church?

the facts of the marriage must be submitted to the canon law tribunal of the diocese for an investigation to determine if the marriage was valid at its inception before either is free to marry a Catholic, or if either has since remarried and now seeks to become Catholic. civil divorce has no effect on a valid marriage. too many variables to answer a hypothetical question because each situation is unique.

 

[Claire_from_DE]

Since neither was baptized, it wasn’t a sacramental marriage.

However, if the person who is now Catholic wishes to remarry, the former marriage should be examined by the church. It is probably something that will be resolved quickly.

If the persons wish to remarry each other in the church, the former marriage should be revealed to the priest but probably no further action would be needed.

For a definitive answer, ask the priest.