Annulments??

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Maybe I’m missing something but…who CAN’T get an Annulment?

Hypothetically, if a couple gets a civil divorce that doesn’t meet Church conditions they’re still married according to the Church. But if during that time one party has a sexual relationship with someone else, that’s then adultry and grounds for an Annulment…am I missing something??

Secondly, if there are no kids involved, does that increase the chance of a Church Annulment?

I’m not trying to be sarcastic, but isn’t it easier to list the circumstances in which the Church would not grant an Annulment than a list where it would?

Any help would be appreciated.
 
Adultery is not grounds for an annulment. An annulment means that a marriage never took place. This can be done for a variety of reasons. Some of those reasons are:

Lack of full consent
Lack of intention to enter into marriage
Impediment caused by a previous marriage

There are others as well. The main point is that an annulment is not granted because of subsequent action from the marriage. It has to do with determining whether or not the marriage was actually validly done in the first place.
 
Thanks to both of you. Funny though how the one condition that Christ specifically stated as legitimate grounds (adultery) is no where listed.
 
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Thanks to both of you. Funny though how the one condition that Christ specifically stated as legitimate grounds (adultery) is no where listed.
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Christ made no exceptions. That is not a valid translation.
 
 
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Hypothetically, if a couple gets a civil divorce that doesn’t meet Church conditions they’re still married according to the Church. But if during that time one party has a sexual relationship with someone else, that’s then adultry and grounds for an Annulment…am I missing something??
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Adultery is not grounds for an annulment.
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Secondly, if there are no kids involved, does that increase the chance of a Church Annulment?
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Children have no bearing on the process or the outcome of a tribunal investigation.
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I’m not trying to be sarcastic, but isn’t it easier to list the circumstances in which the Church would not grant an Annulment than a list where it would?
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No.
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Any help would be appreciated.
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I highly recommend the book Annulment: The Wedding That Was by Michael Smith Foster. It will help you understand what an annulment is and is not.
 
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Maybe I’m missing something but…who CAN’T get an Annulment?
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According to the
US Catholic magazine of April 1997 on page 7, of all those who apply for an annulment in the St. Paul Minneapolis area, 97% are approved, and declared invalid.
The article doesn’t give the reasons for the rejection, but it is true that people who apply for an annulment are being rejected, and as this survey shows, it is about 3 out of 100 cases that are rejected, while 97 out of 100 cases are approved for the annulment.
 
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But if during that time one party has a sexual relationship with someone else, that’s then adultry and grounds for an Annulment…
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I don’t think that adultery is grounds for an annulment, but what I read was that a spouse’s extramarital affair(s) may serve to demonstrate that the spouse exhibits an antisocial personality which would prevent him or her from fully understanding or carrying out the obligations of a lifelong relationship and therefore evidence that the spouse lacked the due competence or was lacking an intention for perpetuity of the marriage, or was lacking an intention for Sacramentality of the marriage, all of which are required to form a sacramental marriage.
 
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MarkR:
Maybe I’m missing something but…who CAN’T get an Annulment?

Hypothetically, if a couple gets a civil divorce that doesn’t meet Church conditions they’re still married according to the Church. But if during that time one party has a sexual relationship with someone else, that’s then adultry and grounds for an Annulment…am I missing something??

Secondly, if there are no kids involved, does that increase the chance of a Church Annulment?

I’m not trying to be sarcastic, but isn’t it easier to list the circumstances in which the Church would not grant an Annulment than a list where it would?

Any help would be appreciated.
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all marriages are considered valid until proven otherwise.

Neither Adultery or any other behavior during the marriage (or after civil divorce) nor the presence of children from the marriage have any bearing, because the circumstances pertaining at the time of the marriage determine validity, not anything that occurred after the initial contract.

The Church will not grant an annulment when all the requirements for each party to validly contract marriage and to give consent were present at the time the marriage occurred.

It would be impossible to come up with a yes or no list, because each marriage situation is unique, and must be investigated and judged by the competent authority, that is, the tribunal. I am going to put this in a macro because I get tired of typing it so often.
 
I appreciate all of your responses. The specific marriage that I’m inquiring about was abusive in many ways, most of which dealt with unfaithfulness and emotional cruelty. Your guidance has been helpful.
 
Assuming that an annulment is justified can it be granted without a civil divorce taking place. I realise that the Church recognises a civil marriage as legal but invalid.
The reason for my question is that here in the Philippines there is no divorce law (maybe the last country on earth where you cannot get a divorce) so if a couple split up they cannot get divorced. Is an annulment and subsequent marriage (in Church)to someone else possible without a civil divorce being possible?
 
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