After almost 3 years of working and waiting, the Catholic Diocese has finally granted me a dissolution of marriage from the ex, stating that the invalidity of this marriage has been proved!!! Just wanted to share. All that is left is the fight for shared visitation with my son. I'm still waiting on a court date for that.
Thanks DaDa. As for the kids, I'll quote from the document: "The decision has no civil effects, nor does it establish or affect such matters as...the legitimacy of children."
As you are not the member of any church I doubt you could understand so why not just accept other people's beliefs rather than criticize. this is not in the D&D, it's a "hey my life is now better" thread.
when my dad got married for the third time the church annulled his first marriage (to my mom), a marriage that lasted 20 years and produced five kids (not to mention the intervening 2nd marriage). upshot, at the age of 32, i became a b*stard... ...but then, i suspect ya'll suspected as much...
Marital Dissolution Agreement (MDA) is just a Catholic thing. It has nothing to do with an annulment. My ex wife did this also. I thought it was pretty r****ded.
I get you. Dissolution is the technical term. Annulment is a phrase I use because that is what the dissolution used to be called and is a term that people were more familiar with. http://www.idotaketwo.com/christian_remarriage.html It must not have mattered to you in your beliefs. I can respect that. I think its r****ded to stay married by the church to someone that does not understand what a marriage should be. To each his own I guess.
Not sure I follow. The fact is I was married. So were you. An MDA is so the Catholic church can pretend you were never married, due to some oddity about divorces in the Catholic faith.
My parents always wanted me to get one, but I never did. The part that got me was that you had to pay the church money. But everyone who wanted one had to pay a different amount. Why couldn't it be one amount for everyone? It's like you call the church to get a quote on your annulment.
Yeah, but no. Yes, we were married in the church, and there was a civil union, which was handled by the divorce, but she did not have an understanding of what a marriage in God's eyes meant, and therefore, God was never present in the marriage. The church states that man can not separate what God has joined. The dissolution proves that that because she did not have the capability or understanding of adhering to a Catholic marriage, even though she said she could, it never happened. We were never joined in God's eyes.
Congratulations to you. But, I can't help but be curious about an annulment of a marriage that was obviously a legitimate (and child-producing) marriage. Do you think the annulment is proper and legitimate? (I don't mean to sound accusatory, if I do. I'm just curious.) EDIT: I see your response you submitted while i was typing.
My Diocese asked for a donation to offset the cost of the work if I could afford it, but it would not effect the timeframe or judgement of the case.
good for you, ft. even though i would technically be lying, i'm going to sign anything for my ex so she can remarry in the church as well.
Funny, because my ex fought the annulment tooth and nail...Even though she is now a member of a non denominational church and remarried as well...
