There is Cannon Law and then there is actual practice. I've heard it said, even by my mother, enough money and the right paperwork can get a marriage annulled. Basically there are as maany reasons for an annulment as there are for divorces. -------------- Original message -------------- From: Jillaine Smith <[email protected]> > > Roman Catholic anulments typically were not given for infedility. > > You have to prove that the marriage was based on a lie and therefore > > the vowes made were false, so no marriage actually took place. > > Actually, the Roman Catholic church will annul a marriage for much > less than that. > > I have intimate knowledge of a case where a non-Catholic couple > married, had a child and legally divorced after 2-3 years. > > TEN YEARS LATER, the ex-husband wanted to marry a Catholic girl. The > Catholic Church sent both the ex-wife and her parents a form > requesting information about the nature of the first marriage. > > Retroactively, the Catholic Church annulled this marriage so the > ex-husband could get married in a Catholic Church. I'm not sure what > that made the child of this former marriage in the eyes of the > Catholic church-- retroactively an out-of-wedlock child? > > Ironically, the man's marriage to the Catholic girl ended in divorce. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message