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Miriam
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| First Name: | Miriam | | Gender: | Female | | Faith History: | Presbyterian, Catholic |
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Posted: Wed Jun 11th, 2008 03:57 pm |
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I was married over 40 years ago to a Jew. I was not baptized and obviously neither was he. We were divorced over 35 years ago. I remarried, again to a non baptized person (at least I think he was since I have no idea where he is and we never attended any church nor did we discuss religion). We divorced after 18 months. 
Got married again. This one was a great marriage and we were married for 20 years until he died 10 years ago. He was an atheist. In all those years I never went to church.
This year at Easter vigil I was received into the Catholic church, baptized, confirmed, the grand slam. Yay!!!
Question: Do I need annulments for my previous marriages if I should ever want to marry again? I'm not planning on re-marriage but who knows what the future holds?
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CajunRick
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Posted: Wed Jun 11th, 2008 05:39 pm |
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Miriam wrote: Question: Do I need annulments for my previous marriages if I should ever want to marry again? I'm not planning on re-marriage but who knows what the future holds?
First of all, you are wise to consider it now, rather that wait until you are in a position to be rushed.
The Church considers all marriages valid until declared otherwise, and every marriage requires a Declaration of Nullity unless it has ended due to the death of one of the spouses. Only a valid investigation of all of the circumstances by a Tribunal can result in a proper decision.
So yes, you need to seek a Declaration of Nullity for your marriages. It is possible in your particular case the Declarations may be routine but that is something only the proper officials can determine. Ultimately the decision will be left to your bishop and his properly designated assistants.
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Rick Luquette
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Miriam
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Posted: Wed Jun 11th, 2008 06:18 pm |
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Thanks for your reply. I guess I will check into things and find out about cost, etc. 
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