The rerum personarumque adiuncta and the material presuppositions to the processus matrimonialis brevior coram episcopo (can. 1 683, 2 º)

Abstract

The article analyses the admission requirements for the briefer process according to can. 1683, 2º : the manifest nullity and the forecast of the brief instruction. We show how the circumstances of things and persons assume particular relevance for the Judicial Vicar’s evaluation, and how the circumstances do not only refer to the evaluation concerning the evidence of nullity, but also to the brevity of the instruction.