annulment??

Question

My ex was never baptized....we were married by juctice of piece....Can i get an annulment...I have been ready if one party is not baptized it isn't a sacrament marriage...is thius true?

I was asking in the churches eyes.....I want to remarry in a church.

oh yeah i am already divorced....i want to get an annulment because I am religous and believe in the churches ways....my ex huband was abusive to me and my son....so i have to suffer? No but I do follow the churches beliefs.

yes a religious annulment is what i want....

Answer 1

Can you prove your Ex was never baptized?

"If one of the parties to the first marriage was not baptized, and that non-baptism can be proven, and the person who is applying for this process was not the cause of the breakdown of the marriage, then a Privilege of the Faith case or Petrine Privilege case, can be sent to Rome and the non-sacramental marriage can be dissolved, leaving those parties free to remarry."

Answer 2

Like a divorce, an annulment is a court procedure that dissolves a marriage. But, unlike a divorce, an annulment treats the marriage as though it never happened. For some people, divorce carries a stigma, and they would prefer to have their marriage annulled. Others prefer an annulment because it may be easier to remarry in their church if they go through an annulment rather than a divorce.

Grounds for annulment vary slightly from state to state. Generally, an annulment requires that at least one of the following reasons exists:

* Misrepresentation or fraud -- for example, a spouse lied about the capacity to have children, falsely stated that she had reached the age of consent, or failed to say that she was still married to someone else.
* Concealment -- for example, concealing an addiction to alcohol or drugs, conviction of a felony, children from a prior relationship, a sexually transmitted disease, or impotency.
* Refusal or inability to consummate the marriage -- that is, refusal or inability of a spouse to have sexual intercourse with the other spouse.
* Misunderstanding -- for example, one person wanted children and the other did not.

These are the grounds for civil annulments. Within the Roman Catholic Church, a couple may obtain a religious annulment after obtaining a civil divorce, so that one or both people may remarry, within the church or anywhere else, and have the second union recognized by the church.

Most annulments take place after marriages of a very short duration -- a few weeks or months -- so there are usually no assets or debts to divide, or children for whom custody, visitation, and child support are a concern. When a long-term marriage is annulled, however, most states have provisions for dividing property and debts, as well as determining custody, visitation, child support, and alimony. Children of an annulled marriage are not considered illegitimate.

Answer 3

If you weren't married in the Church, you don't need to have the marriage annulled by the Church-- you were considered married in the eyes of the government, not in the eyes of the Church. You are free to marry in the church just as if you had never been married. This is in regard only to the issue of you wish to marry this time in a church.
As for the issue of your former marriage, since you have a son with your ex, you are probably better off with a divorce; you are much more likely to receive an equitable settlement regarding custody, child support, etc.
Before you make any further plans, you should contact your minister and an attorney to deal with both the religious issues and the legal issues of remarriage.

Answer 4

I beleive that only a church can give you an annulment but that you still need to go through all the legal stuff to get an actual divorce. If I'm not mistaken, all an annulment will do for you is to make you look good in the church's eyes so that they will marry you again in future if you so choose. But to my knowledge, a marriage is a legal contract set forth by the government.

Answer 5

hmm... well you're getting the religious annulment confused with the legal annulment. You're right the church will grant annulments in cases where a marriage has not been consumated (meaning you haven't had sex)... however, you have not received the sacrament of marriage because you did not have your vows blessed in church... a legal annulment is something that can be granted by the courts in cases where the marriage was entered into fraudulently, where there is a case of bigamy, or where a party is deemed mentally incompetent.

If you want more information on annulments go here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annulment

Answer 6

I haven't heard that you have to be baptized to be married by the Justice of the Peace. This has nothing to do with wheter you are baptized or not. If you just don't want to be married, divorce and be done with it. You have too be Baptized in the Catholic church in order to wed, but other than that I have no idea. Being married by the Justice doesn't go with sacrament, there is no link between the two. Sounds like you are pretty young.

Answer 7

You really need to talk to your priest (or whatever title he has) about this. Each church is different. Some will not require annulment.

The Catholic church does.

Annulment, in the church's eyes, does not have to do with baptism, per se. Basically the church will say that one of the parties went into the marriage and did not really mean the vows they said. (IE: If they had an affair the church will cite that they had broken the vows that prohibit such behavior in their heart, even though they spoke the vows.)

Now the church may cite that your ex was not of your faith, or that you weren't married in the church, etc. Who knows?

I just think you need to talk to the person who you would have performing your wedding in this instance.

Answer 8

I thought if you weren't married in the Church (e.g., being married by a JP), then it wasn't officially recognised as the sacrament of marriage. In which case you could get an annulment. You need to talk to your parish priest/local church to be sure.

Answer 9

That is not at all relevant to marriage. It does not matter either way. All marriages weather married in a church or by justice of the peace are still a matter of law in our country. So, yes you can still get it annulled.But remember there is a time limit for this and may differ state to state or county. Check with your area circuit court clerk for more answers.

Answer 10

i always thought getting married by a justice of the peace wasn't recognized in the church,at least it isn't in the Greek orthodox church...check with your pastor because if your first marriage wasn't blessed in the church you are considered haven't never been married in the eyes of the church