How to Get a Church Annulment in Connecticut
Ending a marriage is often a trying and emotionally draining process. The decision usually affects many or most aspects of a person's life, including a person's religious faith. Religious couples in Connecticut who have chosen to end their marriages often seek annulments from their churches or temples. A religious annulment allows the couples to remarry in the church; many major religions, such as Catholicism and Judaism, require the couples to obtain a civil divorce or annulment first.
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Speak to the leader in your church and ask about any specifics required by the church such as mediation or spiritual counseling. Find out whether, like in the Catholic or Jewish faiths, you need a civil divorce decree prior to receiving a an annulment from your Connecticut church.
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File an annulment or divorce petition in a Connecticut Superior Court. Speak to the clerk in the superior court located in the county where you and your spouse lived as husband and wife. Ask the clerk for three forms: Summons Family Actions, the Divorce Complaint and the Notice of Automatic Court Orders. Fill out those forms and give them to the clerk.
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Provide proof of your divorce or annulment judgment to the clergy in your church. Typically, the church will have its own tribunal decide whether to grant your annulment request.
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Comply with any requirements of the church. For example, in a Catholic annulment in Connecticut, the church interviews you and your spouse and reviews your marital relationship as well as the cause for the breakdown. Provide the church with any necessary money, fees and forms; the process may take many months to complete.
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