Yes, there usually are fees involved to process an annulment since those who work on the annulments do this as a job and oftentimes have families of their own to support. It is no different in this respect than the fees involved with obtaining a divorce. The difference though is that you can inform the marriage tribunal of your financial circumstances and the fees often can be adjusted accordingly to your ability to pay. And, of course, if there is no hurry to processing the annulment – for example, you have not already attempted remarriage and are not trying to regularize your canonical status – you can always set aside money over time to save toward the fee, as you would for any anticipated expense for which you did not currently have the money.
