Do I have to be catholic to get an anulment
2007-03-23 00:20:32 · 13 answers · asked by madfly2003 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
No, annulments are decided legally, not in the Church. There are certain legal requirements you have to meet to get an annulment instead of a divorce. Some Catholics get annulments because the Church does not recognize divorce, but the Church itself does not do the annulment. Good Luck.
2007-03-23 00:30:57 · answer #1 · answered by nimo22 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You dont need to be a catholict to get an anulment.But somehow divorce and anulment are two different things.You file a divorce if the marriage is legal in all aspect and you file an anulment when some of the legal process of marriage is not followed.Like if you are married not on your own will then you can file an annulment.But basically these two is somehow same in the sense that you want to cut the tie bet. you and your husband. good luck
2007-03-23 08:21:46 · answer #2 · answered by jaxt517 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only use of the word annulment I have heard is in connection with the Catholic Church.
A Catholic who has been married and has gotten a divorce (a civil proceeding) must receive an annulment of their marriage if they want to marry in the Catholic Church.
If a Catholic wishes to marry a non-Catholic Christian who has been married before and got a divorce, the non-Catholic must receive an annulment of the previous marriage because the Catholic Church assumes that marriage was sacramentally valid.
2007-03-23 12:48:37 · answer #3 · answered by Sldgman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no-there are guidlelines-but there are 2 different kind on annulments-one in the eyes of the government and one in the eyes of the church-if you are catholic you have to do both in order to remarry in a church-Find out what your stateguidlines are but if you have been married for a long time I know you wont be given one.
2007-03-23 07:46:02 · answer #4 · answered by baseballlover 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope you can get them through a regular court but if you want to marry in the catholic church you must get an annulment through the roman catholic diceose,,,my husbands ex wife just filed for one due to she wants to remarry in the catholic church.,,,GOOD LUCK
2007-03-23 07:44:08 · answer #5 · answered by Kimmy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The catholics think so but they're not above the law if you're already divorced.
2007-03-23 07:25:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. You can get a civil annulment, granted by a judge.
http://marriage.about.com/cs/annulments/a/annulments.htm
2007-03-23 07:24:05 · answer #7 · answered by Zasu 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No..anyone can get one. There are guidelines for it though. Go online and look them up.
2007-03-23 07:23:50 · answer #8 · answered by angeleyez1956@verizon.net 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
Anyone can get annulment if the circumstances warrant it.
2007-03-23 07:23:25 · answer #9 · answered by dkrgrand 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no they dont go by the way you worship god,,,
2007-03-23 07:25:37 · answer #10 · answered by ghostwalker077 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋