Grounds for Marriage Annulment in the Catholic Church

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Well, no. Everyone has a right to approach the Tribunal. I wouldn’t expect anyone to complain.
 
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If you believe you are still married, you should behave accordingly.
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This. You can’t control your spouse’s actions, but you can control your own. Maintain your faithfulness to the marriage if you believe the decision was wrong. You will never be able to control your spouse to do what you want. Let it go.

AFA other cases, it’s really none of your business. And you don’t know the details unless you have been directly involved in the cases, know the evidence, and have a degree in canon law.
 
I’ve never told anyone anything about their personal case. Neither have I told my wife to do anything but respect the marriage.
 
It would actually be better for a spouse to approach the Tribunal instead of behaving as though the marriage is nothing.
 
You know, you can approach the Tribunal to determine freedom to marry without being the person who wants to prove invalidity.
 
What is your intent on starting this thread? All justice systems are run by humans. All marriages are contracted by humans. There is imperfection amidst all of it. But it doesn’t mean we throw everything out?
 
If you read some of his other threads, I think you’ll see he has a personal interest in the subject.
 
Many Catholics and Protestants pushing me to find another woman. And to trust a tribunal.
 
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No. No Church or State action.

Let’s not get into more details outside of PM plz
 
Ok. That would still warrant reason to believe the Sacrament was not conferred.
 
You could be approaching them to determine whether your understanding that it is valid is correct.
 
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Does that require civil divorce?

I’m not really interested in other’s confirmation. It would be for my wife. Yet, I’m not sure she cares either. If she cared, things would be quite different.

I’ve tried asking everyone involved, and they have no answer.
 
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Yes, it does require civil divorce. Since that hasn’t happened yet, it would be putting the cart before the horse.

I’m sorry for what you’re going through.
 
It’s ok. I have peace growing. And strength to be chaste and honor the Sacrament.

That’s what God tells my heart.
 
It’s a shame there are so many annulments in our Church. When a valid married person is struggling for help during a separation, the Church doesn’t know how to treat the situation beyond the default “Go to the Tribunal and get an annulment”.

It’s the process that makes everything simple and not have to confront the issues.
 
From the diocese:

Did either you or your former spouse have extremely little or no dating experience before becoming engaged? Were either of you on the “rebound” from a broken engagement or previous marriage when you decided to enter this marriage? Did you see marriage as simply “the next step” without much consideration? Did the two of you date for only a brief time? Was the decision to marry made impulsively, or without much thought? Did either of you make immature and impulsive decisions in other areas of life (career, finances, etc.)? Would you say you really did not know one another well enough to marry when you did? Was your decision to marry based on some pressing issue or circumstance (for example, a pre-marital pregnancy, difficult home situation, peer pressure, escape from another relationship)? Did family or friends express serious concerns about this marriage and did you choose to ignore them?

If I said yes to these, and the Tribunal said, “Oh, there ya go, It wasn’t a Sacrament” I would take it to Rome for sure!

This is crazy! Don’t you think @JulianN or @(name removed by moderator)?

If Jesus showed this list of questions to His disciples when they said, “If such is the case of a man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry” instead of His actual reply, I think they would have said, “Oh, ok… no worries!”
 
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I don’t think answering yes to the highlighted questions would get you a decree of nullity, though. It’s the explanation of the answer that begins to fill in a full picture for the Tribunal.

These questions are a guide for writing the resume. Which is accompanied by a statement from the Advocate. Then witnesses will be questioned, a psychologist may be consulted, further testimony may be required, etc.

It’s not an easy nor guaranteed process.
 
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