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When two people are not married in a church or the Justice of the Peace they are living 'common law.'
If you were married in the Catholic Church and marriage ended in a divorce but not annullled, then, no, you cannot remarry in the Catholic Church. If you are Catholic and were married outside the church by say a justice of peace and marriage ended in a divorce but not annullled, then, yes you can remarry in the Catholic Church, with proper paperwork and oath commitments.
Yes, it does - the annulment by the catholic Church is universal.
No, the couple gets a marriage license and is either married by a Justice of the Peace or married by a Minister (or whatever religious denomination they are) in a church. A couple can have a simple chapel wedding to a large wedding.
Ifa Catholic was married by a justice of the peace in a civil ceremony, the marriage can be validated,or blessed, by the Catholic church under ceratin conditions ( first marriage,etc.). It is not a new marraige, but a validation of the existing marriage. If not not married, there is no service blessing of a relationship.
You can arrange to have a religious ceremony to bless your marriage. Be prepared to show a copy of your marriage license and be sure to tell the cleric that you were already married in a civil ceremony.
You do have to file your marriage license in court to be legally married. Failing to file can cause the marriage to become invalid.
The question needs to be expanded as there are many things to consider. A Catholic can marry outside the church as long as it is in another Christian church and recognized by the Catholic church if the non catholic party agrees to your oath to raise the children as Catholic. The priest does not have to be present. The marriage must be in church, it cannot be outside the church in a garden or country club, unless the non-catholic party is Jewish or Muslim (out of respect) and again agrees to the children being brought up as Catholic If two catholics are married by a Justice of the Peace outside of church they can have their marriage recognized by the Catholic Church,as long as this was first marriage for both.
If you and your partner are same sex, no. If you were not married previously in a Catholic church, yes. If you were married previously in a Catholic church, no, unless you apply for, pay for, and are granted an annulment by the Catholic church.ANSWER: Actually, you would need an annulment of your 1st marriage regardless of where your first marriage was performed (i.e., by a justice of the peace). Obtaining an annulment of your 1st marriage if married by a JofP is pretty easy b/c you, as a Catholic, weren't supposed to marry by a Jof TP in the first marriage -- it wasn't a sacramental marriage.
Normally, no.
If you now get a divorce after the marriage was blesssed, or validated, by the church, then you need an annulment if you want to b emarried again in the Church.
Generally, priests may not marry. However, if a married priest from the Anglican or Orthodox Church decides to become a Catholic priest, he can remain married. However, divorce is neither recognized nor permitted by the Catholic Church. Divorce is a civil matter. If a Catholic priest were married (a situation that happens, for example, in very few non-Latin rite churches or in the case where a married Anglican priest converts to the Catholic Church and wants to be a Catholic priest), it would be the same for him. I would hope it would not happen, but if he and his wife divorced, it would be a civil matter as well. Unless his marriage were annulled (recognized as invalid from the beginning), the Church would still consider him bound by the sacrament of Matrimony, because contracts (civil marriage) are the domain of the state, and sacraments are the domain of the Church.