non-Catholic annullment?

[on_the_hill]

I read that actress Shannen Doherty and Rick Salomon had had their marriage annulled.

Doherty was raised in the Southern Baptist church. I don’t Salomon’s religion.

Could their marriage have been annulled if it wasn’t Catholic?

 

[SuscipeMeDomine]

Perhaps one of them is now seeking to marry a Catholic. If so, they would need a declaration of nullity to show freedom to marry.

 

[tee_eff_em]

If I am not mistaken, there is also a secular legal process of anullment (which, similar to the ecclesial process, recognizes that a marriage never happened, for instance if one or both of the parties was not of age to legally enter a (secular) marriage).

tee

 

[MJJean]

I read about 15 articles on the subject and as near as I can tell the annulment was a civil one, not a Catholic one.

 

[on_the_hill]

I guess that answers my question. Thank you.

 

[Corhaesito]

Yes, a civil annulment, which is different than divorce, because, like a Catholic annulment, it means that the marriage was never really lawfully entered into.

Examples would be a spouse who discovers his spouse is already married; some impairment like intoxication rendering the consent invalid; and things like that.