The Drafting of the Sentence Concluding Canonical Processes Regarding the Declaration of Nullity of Marriage

Abstract

The present contribution has a didactic aim, especially with regard to the operators of the lower ecclesiastical courts, with regard to the singular dynamics of the drafting of the sentence concluding the canonical processes in declaration of nullity of the marriage. The argument may seem repetitive because of the details of the legislation in force concerning it (c. 1612 and art. 252 of the Dignitas connubii). Yet one must be aware of one’s complexities and many delicateness in one’s practical phases. The important thing is that this article in the field is presented as a working tool, allowing one to grasp not only the utility and relevance of all the rites performed in the material conception of the act, but also the proper technics, used to adjust these to one another, starting from the rational dynamics that support it to the conclusive administrative obligations they entail. In the sentence declaring the nullity of the canonical marriage in fact, the requirements of the procedures are at the service of the pastoral scope of the act. This is why it requires greater dexterity in terms of editorial know-how.