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marklas
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Should a Roman Catholic person married in the Ukrainian Catholic Church obtain an annulment if she wants to re-marry in the Roman Catholic Church?
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malphono
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The question strikes me as being somewhat oblique, so I’ll offer two possibilities:
If the meaning is a failed marriage (which also would require a civil divorce or annulment), the answer is yes.
OTOH, if the meaning is to escape the UGCC, and join the Latin Church to be married to the same person, it’s another whole ball of wax. That would not involve an “annulment” or anything of the sort, but rather a transfer of Churches. Going from East to West is officially discouraged and while it is possible it would be quite complicated.
If the meaning is a failed marriage (which also would require a civil divorce or annulment), the answer is yes.
OTOH, if the meaning is to escape the UGCC, and join the Latin Church to be married to the same person, it’s another whole ball of wax. That would not involve an “annulment” or anything of the sort, but rather a transfer of Churches. Going from East to West is officially discouraged and while it is possible it would be quite complicated.
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angelic06
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A little more context is needed, please. A person who is validly married in any of the Catholic churches sui juris according to the norms of their own is validly married in all of them. Take, for example, that a Latin Catholic may be married before a deacon if the bride or groom is also a Latin Catholic or a Protestant. If the Latin Catholic or the couple subsequently transfers to the Ukrainian Catholic Church (an opposite scenario than the one you posted), the couple has no right to contest the validity of marriage due to lack of a priest officiating (defect of canonical form).
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angelic06
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Augustine
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Just going by common sense here: since the marriage took place in the Ukrainian Church, at least one of the couple was Catholic and possibly belonged to this particular Church. In this case, filing the annulment with the Ukrainian Church would be possible. If neither of the couple belonged to the Ukrainian Church, then methinks that it’d have to be filed with the Latin Church, assuming that the Catholic party or parties belonged to this particular Church.
Of course, always talk to the pastor at your parish and he’ll be able to determine whether the Latin Church has jurisdiction over this marriage.
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marklas
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It is a failed marriage and a divorce: the ex-husband is a Ukrainian Catholic, she is a Roman Catholic. 15 years after her divorce she wants to marry a Roman Catholic person.
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Augustine
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I’d be inclined to say that the petition for annulment can then be filed at either particular Church, but I remember vaguely about the Church favoring the jurisdiction of the husband, or the Ukrainian Church in this case. Again, she’d better talk to her pastor at her Latin Catholic parish; he’ll find out.
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marklas
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Thank you.
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5Loaves
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As a Roman Catholic surely she is under the Code of Canon Law of the Latin Church.
The pastor of the Latin Church where she is a parishioner is the one who will assist her in beginning the petition for a Decree of Nullity. She just needs to make an appointment with him.
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