What's the story with annulments?

dke
Fri, 13 Jan 2006 12:45:35 +0000

Obviously this has nothing to do with college, that’s why its the Cafe, right? A friend told me the other day that her father had just gotten an annulment from her mother. We got onto other topics, but I had some questions later thinking about it. I don’t want to ask them of her because she might be offended, but I’m just throwing this out here. (I’m Episcopalian my husband’s a lapsed Catholic who’s pretty clueless about his religion so I can’t ask him.) What percentage of American Catholics get annulments these days? How much do they cost? (or do they cost anything?) How long does it take to get one? Can one be obtained against the ex-spouse’s wishes?