Sheila, I think you are right. My cousin married one of his cousins (not first cousin) a few years back. Both were Roman Catholic. She had been married and had four children. She got an annulment as tho' she had never been married. (Don't know what that makes the children.) All four children were in the wedding. I'm sure there must have been a fee. The couple met while doing genealogy. They have had a very happy marriage and are still doing genealogy. Cynthia I had a very interesting conversation once about dispensations with several seasoned genealogists. I really did find each of their opinions interesting but all of them agreed that the dispensations were almost always granted if the money paid to the church was enough. They all believed that the dispensation "fee" was definitely required for the dispensations and this was how many of them were granted. What is your opinion on this? I did not mention this to reflect any disrespect towards the church. Shelia Kraemer Salomone