Bf's ex-wife won't sign annulment papers

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My bf married a non-practicing, baptized Catholic. They were married without a dispensation to marry outside of the Church. They were divorced before I even met him.
My Priest has sent her paperwork to get the process started. She is refusing to sign. She also is vindictive and has no regard for others. What happens now? My boyfriend and I want to get married. @dochawk @acanonlawyer
 
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The canon lawyers will give better responses, but her refusal doesn’t stop the process, just slows it a bit.

If she was a baptized classic, practicing, non-practicing, or even fully professed apostate, the marriage wasn’t valid.

I think that it’s less than presumptively valid, and needs less than an annulment, but still needs to be determined–but the canon law folks will give a better answer.

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I’ve had an annulment and I was not Catholic at the time. I submitted the paperwork, identified witnesses willing to answer questionnaires, and went in for an interview with the Marriage Tribunal. They notified my ex-wife who was no longer a practicing Catholic and gave her an opportunity to respond, which she ignored. The entire process took four months in my Archdiocese. It may take longer in yours. But his ex-wife’s cooperation is not required.
 
It seems you may need a second opinion or something since, according to how I am understanding your question, things have gotten off on the wrong foot.

The person who wants a process to be initiated (edit to add: and is an actual Party to the case) would be the one who has to “sign” paperwork.

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If there are no things left out here, she does not have to do anything.

Your boyfriend needs to contact the parish where his ex wife was baptized, request a certified copy of her baptismal record with notations.

Then, he provides a copy of their marriage and divorce documents.

That is it.
 
I apologize for not being clear.
The ex wife was sent papers requesting her (name removed by moderator)ut on the circumstances of their marriage ceremony, etc… She has refused to sign them, apparently.
I realize now that we can go through the motions without her.
Is there a national database for baptisms??
 
No, you have to ask the parish or church where the baptism took place for an official copy. I was fortunate to know that my ex-wife was baptized in the same parish where we were married, and it was still there.
 
The standards for formal defection were so high that that was more theory than practice . . . it was possible to defect in that manner, but it didn’t cover "normal"apostasy.
 
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