Prenuptial Questionnaire (Page 2 of 2) in pdf

CANONICAL ISSUES:

Have you been married before, either in a church, civil ceremony or common law?________ (If Yes, see below)

Have you been ordained a deacon or priest or taken religious vows?___________________________________

Are you related to your fiancée by blood, marriage or adoption?______________________________________

Do you have any physical defect that would prevent you from having marital (sexual) relations?_____________

Have you been treated for any serious mental or emotional illness, addiction or substance abuse? ___________

Are you under any pressure from any person or circumstance to enter this marriage?_____________________

Are you placing any conditions on or have you any serious doubts about this marriage?___________________

(If under 18) Do your parents have any objection concerning this marriage?____________________________

Do you have natural obligations to children from another union?_________ Are you fulfilling them?_________

(If any of the answers to the above questions is YES, please explain)___________________________________

PREVIOUS MARRIAGE: If there are previous marriages, please answer the following:

Former Spouse (1)_________________________________ (2)_____________________________________

Date of Marriage (1)________________________________ (2)____________________________________

Place (1)_________________________________________ (2)____________________________________

Before whom? (1)__________________________________ (2)____________________________________

How did this marriage cease (death, divorce, annulment)? (1)___________________ (2)_________________

(If death) Did you or your fiancée bring about the death of your former spouse?_________________________

If a former marriage was dissolved or declared null by the Catholic Church, an official document from

the Ecclesiastical Court must be presented and placed in the marriage file. Make sure there are no restrictions

on remarriage.

NOTE: PREVIOUS MARRIAGE refers to any marriage, whether contracted in a civil ceremony or in any

church, synagogue, temple, or mosque, even if one or both parties were non-Catholic and even if the

marriage has been annulled. If either the Groom or the Bride has been married previously, NO wedding is to

be scheduled until it is determined that both parties are free to be married in the Catholic Church. Please

contact the Office of Canonical Services at 301.853.5325 if there are any questions.

ATTESTATION:

I, the undersigned, swear that the above responses are correct to the best of my knowledge.

Signature of Bride/Groom____________________________________ Date___________________________

Signature of Priest/Deacon____________________________________Place___________________________

DELEGATION of priest or deacon not having general faculties to officiate at this marriage is given to:

___________________________________________________________________________________

Name of priest/deacon who will celebrate this wedding

By___________________________________________________ Date_________________________

Pastor or other priest/deacon who has ability to grant faculty

Revised 05/2012

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