Convert... Blessing our marriage... annulments et al

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I do not know what “lack of form” means. Or “formal cases” for that matter.
 
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I do not know what “lack of form” means. Or “formal cases” for that matter.
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Lack of form would have occurred if at least one of the spouses was a baptized Catholic, but the marriage occurred outside the Church or without Church permission.

A formal case is when you believe the marriage was invalid, and you make that case to the Tribunal. Your advocate helps you with that process. In your case, it may be that your priest is acting in that capacity.
 
Thank you.

My first marriage was to a baptized Catholic in a non-Catholic ceremony.

Neither of my previous marriages had any kids. Don’t know if that makes any difference here.
 
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That means you have a simple documentary case, what you will receive is not even an “annulment”, but simply a document confirming you are free to marry. Those are quick and easy
 
Since you ventured an explanation, how about my second marriage? Me, a baptized non-Catholic and my ex, a baptized Methodist?
 
That would require a formal case. Unless perhaps your ex was divorced?
 
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Yep, formal case unless your ex was married before to someone who was free to marry
 
You mean when we married? Yes, we were both second marriages. She was a divorced Methodist, previously married to a Presbyterian. It was both of their first marriages.

Confused a bit.
 
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You mean when we married? Yes, we were both second marriages. She was a divorced Methodist, previously married to a Presbyterian. It was both of their first marriages.

Confused a bit.
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Ok. Make sure to tell your priest or advocate this. If you already have, I can understand why he was confident you’d have no problem.

Based on what you’ve said, your first marriage would be a lack of form case because your first wife was a baptized Catholic and you married outside the Church without dispensation.

If your second wife was divorced, and had no decree of nullity (which a Protestant marrying a Protestant wouldn’t have gotten —unless her ex got one), then she had a prior bond to her first husband, and was not actually free to marry you. That type of case is quite straightforward and is mostly a matter of paperwork.

Of course, I’m just basing this on what you’ve presented. Your advocate is the one who can clearly answer your questions.
 
Yes, I have accurately conveyed the situation.

Thank you for your clarity!

I have all of my documents in order to present to my priest and previously sent him an email (long) with all of the details. Now we just have to work on my current (and last) wife.

If I may beg another question: I was baptized Episcopal (I think) as a baby. I have no idea where as my parents were not churchgoers and we lived in Los Angeles. The Diocese has no record of it. My parents are long-dead and I have no documentation of my baptism. I think there’s a way of covering this, not sure what it’s called but it involves the words “If not previously baptized, etc…”

Opinion? And would I be expected to pursue my baptismal records to the ends of the earth without knowing even where to begin?
 
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If no one remembers your baptism and there is no documentation, you may have a conditional baptism.

But your priest will determine that.
 
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Thank you!

God has richly blessed me and directed me to the Catholic Church. Since I made the decision to convert, I’ve had peace I’d never known before.

Thanks and prayers to and for my bible study group; their love, patience, and acceptance of this Anglican Catholic brought me home.
 
As you should be, I should have said “unless your ex’s ex was married before”
 
How does an uncertain/unverified Baptism affect the investigation of previous marriages?
 
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I am just curious. Not because I thought it was the question. It was my own question.
 
OK. The answer is that it doesn’t.
The only way baptism has bearing is if one party was baptized Catholic.
 
Ok. Or if the Pauline Privilege is requested?
 
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