My fiancee and I would like to married in a Catholic church, however, he has been married before and has children. In his first marriage, he was married in a Presbyterian church. She did not have her baptism. Would this situation still require an annulment?
2007-03-15 18:15:19 · 10 answers · asked by crimsonrose270 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
Sorry I didn't make myself clear, he is in fact Catholic. He was simply married to someone of Presbyterian faith.
I have read several articles on the laws of the Catholic church and it seems that you only need an annulment if both parties were baptised and married in a Catholic church - but then again those articles were not exactly clear.
Thank you for your responses!! Any help is always greatly appreciated : )
2007-03-15 18:48:04 · update #1
Well I spoke with the Tribunal, which handles annulments, and they told me that because he was not married by a priest or a pastor that we could be married in the Catholic Church. He needs to fill out a 4 page Lack of Form (or Defect of Form) and send it to the Diocese. They in return will verify by a computer check that he wasn't married before a priest or pastor and grant his application to remarry in the Catholic Church. This process costs $50.00 and takes only about a month to complete.
Thank you all for all your help!!
2007-03-16 06:00:18 · update #2
I do beleive it would call for an annulment...the only way to find out would be to consult his parish priest.
2007-03-15 18:17:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My bro-n-law, who is catholic, married a girl, who is a divorced catholic. She had to have it annulled to get married in a catholic church, but she did not have children. If he has it annulled it's like the children were born out of wedlock right?
2007-03-15 19:37:04 · answer #2 · answered by soccergirl47546 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you might need to get an annulment as the catholic church does not accept divorce. the catholic church is very strict when it comes to wedding and marriages... so you might need to talk with your local parish or a priest where you would want to get married in just to be sure.
2007-03-16 00:24:11 · answer #3 · answered by Vanessa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless the laws in the Catholic Church have been changed, you can get married but not in front of the altar. Or at least that is how it used to be.
2007-03-15 18:22:35 · answer #4 · answered by Alwyn C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he was divorced then no. I am catholic as is all of my family. My cousin who is catholic married a woman who was divorced with two kids. They were not able to get married in the catholic church.
2007-03-16 04:12:02 · answer #5 · answered by k_reile 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, does the church find out? Do you have to tell them? Will they bother to look it up? He might have to pretend to be Catholic though.
2007-03-15 18:36:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check with his local priest, who will explain the Canon Law appropriate.
2007-03-16 01:07:39 · answer #7 · answered by Lydia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not positive on this but I think that the church doesn't count it if it was not in a catholic church.
2007-03-15 18:19:05 · answer #8 · answered by w_breezy34 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can and its fine if you have made the point to have everything run across the priest first annulment and then take your sacrements.............
2007-03-15 18:19:49 · answer #9 · answered by beeutifulbumbleb 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yep you need an annulment...plus he probably needs to convert to catholicism.
2007-03-15 18:24:31 · answer #10 · answered by miztiffany 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋