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ANNULMENTS-DISSOLUTIONS

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Section M

April 1997

Questions to be asked of the petitioner under oath.

1. Did you ever have a priest/deacon validate, bless or fix up the marriage?

2. Is reconciliation possible?

3. Was there a dispensation from canonical form issued? A Sanation?

4. (If the marriage took place after November 27, 1983) Has the Catholic party ever

left the Catholic Church by a formal act?

5. Are the moral and civil obligations to the former spouse and to the children born

of this marriage being met?

VI.

Obtain sworn affidavits from two persons (parents, relatives, close friends) to affirm

the fact that the marriage was never blessed/convalidated and/or the person never went

through a Catholic wedding ceremony. Please use the regular Freedom of Status Form.

VII.

Place affidavits, baptismal certificate and this form in the pre-nuptial file. Return civil

documents to the person.

VIII. Date facts recorded in a parish record book:________________________________

By my signature, I solemnly swear that the above information is correct:

Signature of Petitioner:_______________________________________________________

Signature of priest/deacon:____________________________________________________

Signature of pastor (if not the preparer):__________________________________________

Date:_____________________________

Parish Seal:

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September, 1993

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