Soldiers, sailors and valid marriage

[Kielbasi]

Can. 1116 §1. If a person competent to assist according to the norm of law cannot be present or approached without grave inconvenience, those who intend to enter into a true marriage can contract it validly and licitly before witnesses only:
1/ in danger of death;
2/ outside the danger of death provided that it is prudently foreseen that the situation will continue for a month.*

Which persons in danger of death (e.g. soldiers heading for battle) or those who are about to embark on long sea voyages (like sailors) from the form requirements for Catholic marriage?

 

[puzzleannie]

it is not likely nowdays that soldiers or sailors who have been attached to the person they plan to marry long enough to make that decision have also not had time enough to prepare properly for the sacrament and arrange for its celebration according to the normal laws. hollywood movies notwithstanding. canon law does provide that marriage preparation and sacramental preparation in general should be facilitated to meet needs of people in the military, migrants etc. who are faced with such situations.

 

[Phemie]

it is not likely nowdays that soldiers or sailors who have been attached to the person they plan to marry long enough to make that decision have also not had time enough to prepare properly for the sacrament and arrange for its celebration according to the normal laws. hollywood movies notwithstanding. canon law does provide that marriage preparation and sacramental preparation in general should be facilitated to meet needs of people in the military, migrants etc. who are faced with such situations.

I know in our diocese there are many communities which only see a priest twice a year. In at least one a lay person was granted the faculty to prepare couples and celebrate marriages but I think it would be easy to get a dispensation for lack of canonical form even for 2 Catholics to marry in the Anglican or Moravian churches that do have more frequent visits or permanent ministers.

That just brought to mind a lady who is getting a decree of nullity based on the fact that she was married in the Anglican Church in one of these communities after doing a pre-nuptial investigation and marriage preparation. The basis for the annulment is lack of canonical form because there is no record of dispensation has been found at the diocesan office. Based on this canon, she wouldn’t have grounds for an annulment since she wouldn’t need a dispensation.

Now, I think she got married before 1983 so under the old Code of Canon Law this was probably not an option.