Tribunal-Preliminary Application – MELKITE EPARCHY OF CANADA

Tribunal – Preliminary Application

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Information about the applicant

First and last name(Required)

First name Last name

Copy of an identity card (health insurance, driver's license, etc.)(Required)

Max. file size: 512 MB.

Copy of an identity card of the co-applicant, if applicable (health insurance, driver's license, etc.)(Required)

Max. file size: 512 MB.

Name of the father(Required)

First Last

Name of the mother(Required)

First Last

How many brothers and how many sister do you have?(Required)

What was your job before marriage?(Required)

Studies completed / Degrees obtained(Required)

Baptism certificate(Required)

Max. file size: 512 MB.

Information about the husband or wife

First and last name(Required)

First name Last name

Phone(Required)

Email(Required)

Address(Required)

Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Name of the father(Required)

First Last

Name of the mother(Required)

First Last

Date of birth(Required)

MM slash DD slash YYYY

Place of birth(Required)

Is he baptized? In what rite?(Required)

How many brothers and how many sisters does he (she) have?(Required)

What was his (her) job before the wedding?(Required)

Studies completed / degrees obtained(Required)

Information about the courtship before the religious marriage

When did you and your spouse met? (Approximate date)(Required)

How and where did you meet?(Required)

What was your initial impression of this meeting?(Required)

When did you and your spouse began dating? (Approximate date)(Required)

Under what circumstances did you start dating? (Restaurants, walks, visits with family, etc)(Required)

Have you spent enough time together to get to know each other? Explain(Required)

When did you present him (her) to your parents and what was their impression?(Required)

When did he/she introduce you to his/her parents and what was their impression of you?(Required)

When did you first talk about marriage and what was everyone's opinion about it?(Required)

When did you and your spouse became engaged? (Approximate date)(Required)

Information about the religious wedding

Date of marriage(Required)

MM slash DD slash YYYY

Marriage certificate(Required)

Max. file size: 512 MB.

Effective date of civil divorce(Required)

MM slash DD slash YYYY

Certificate of civil divorce(Required)

Max. file size: 512 MB.

Place of civil divorce(Required)

Place of marriage(Required)

Name of the church Number and street City Province / State ZIP Country

Did you take a marriage preparation course?(Required)

Was this the first religious marriage for both of you? (If not, give the names, dates and places of other marriages)(Required)

Were there any children resulting from this union? If yes, please write the name and date of birth of each one of them(Required)

FAMILY HISTORY

Were there problems in your family background? Check all the choices that apply(Required)

No problems

Sexual abuse

Physical abuse

Infidelity

Alcoolism

Drug use

Mental illness

Divorce or separation

Financial problems

Briefly describe your personal life before marriage

Education completed(Required)

Work history(Required)

Substance abuse issues(Required)

Mental illness(Required)

Serious financial issues(Required)

Health issues(Required)

Briefly describe your spouse's personal life before marriage

Education completed(Required)

Work history(Required)

Substance abuse issues(Required)

Mental illness(Required)

Serious financial issues(Required)

Health issues(Required)

COURTSHIP

Were there any problems, breakups, or infidelity in the courtship with your spouse? (explain)(Required)

ENGAGEMENT

Why did you and your spouse choose to get married?(Required)

Love

Immigration

Already living together

Legitimize children

Avoid premarital sex

Culturally arranged marriage

Have a family

Age

Financial reasons

Pregnancy

Forced marriage

Family pressure

Only way to leave home

Other reasons

Briefly explain the choices you checked(Required)

Did either of you have doubts about the decision to marry? If yes, explain why(Required)

Did anyone advise against the marriage (ex. Family, friends)? If yes, explain why(Required)

At the time of marriage, what did you believe in the Church teaching about marriage?(Required)

At the time of marriage, did your spouse believe in the Church teaching about marriage?(Required)

At the time of marriage, were you both practicing Catholics? (biefly explain)(Required)

Was there a premarital sexual relationship?(Required)

Yes

Was contraception used?(Required)

Yes

Does not apply

Was there a pregnancy? (If yes, continue)(Required)

Yes

Was this with your future spouse?(Required)

Yes

Does not apply

Was this pregnancy terminated?(Required)

Yes

Does not apply

If yes, who decided to abort and why?

Did either of you surgically prevent contraception prior to marriage (ex. Vasectomy)? (If yes, continue)(Required)

Yes

Who did the procedure?(Required)

My spouse

Does not apply

Did you or your spouse knew about it?(Required)

Yes

Does not apply

Marriage

Your age at time of marriage(Required)

Age of your spouse at time of marriage(Required)

Was there more than one marriage ceremony (civil, non-Christian, etc.)? If yes, please continue(Required)

Yes

a. What was the non-Catholic ceremony?

b. Which one occurred first?

c. At which point did you consider yourself married?

d. At which point did your spouse consider him/herself married?

e. Why did you have the non-Catholic ceremony? (ex. Family pressures, etc.)?

f. Why did you have the Catholic ceremony? (ex. Family pressures, etc.)?

Where did you live after the wedding?(Required)

At the time of marriage, did you believe marriage was an exclusive relationship between one man and one woman?(Required)

Yes

At the time of marriage, did you remain open to children?(Required)

Yes

At the time of marriage, did your spouse believe marriage was an exclusive relationship between one man and one woman?(Required)

Yes

At the time of marriage, did your spouse remain open to children?(Required)

Yes

At the time of marriage, did you and your spouse plan to delay children? (if yes, continue)(Required)

Yes

a. Was this a mutual decision?(Required)

Yes

Does not apply

i. If no, whose decision was this?

b. What method was used to delay children (ex. Natural family planning, artificial contraception, abortion)?

c. If your spouse changed his/her mind and wanted children, would you consider it your sole decision whether to delay?

Oui / Yes

Non / No

d. If you changed your mind and wanted children, would he/she consider it his/her sole decision whether to delay?

Oui / Yes

Non / No

At the time of marriage, did you or your spouse knowingly deceive the other regarding: (check all and briefly explain)(Required)

Known inability to conceive children

Previous children

Education level

Debts

Serious contagious disease

Age

Income

Sexually transmitted disease

Other

Briefly explain the choices you checked(Required)

What was your relationship like with his/her parents?(Required)

What was his/her relationship like with your parents?(Required)

Beginning of problems

When did marital problems start? (approximate date)(Required)

What were these problems? Explain with details(Required)

During your life together, did you see(Required)

Psychologist

Psychiatrist

Marital councelor

Personal councelor

Priest or pastoral minister for marriage counselling

Other type of counsellor/adviser:

None

During your life together, did your spouse see:(Required)

Psychologist

Psychiatrist

Marital councelor

Personal councelor

Priest or pastoral minister for marriage counselling

Other type of counsellor/adviser:

None

Were there temporary separations? (If yes, continue)(Required)

Yes

Please provide approximate dates, length of time, reason for separation, and who initiated reconciliation

Length of common life: (time from marriage to final separation)(Required)

Approximate date of final separation(Required)

Why are you requesting a marriage nullity?(Required)

Who left and why?(Required)

Signature of the applicant

Agreement(Required)

I understand that this process is only aimed at clarifying my state of life (married or unmarried) in the Catholic Church;

I understand that the possible acceptance of my petition by the tribunal in no way guarantees that I will be granted a declaration of matrimonial nullity;

I understand that this process has absolutely no civil legal effects;

I understand that this process does not impact the legitimacy of any children orn of the marriage, nor does it affect any divorce settlements or issues pertaining to custody;

I understand that anything submitted to the marriage tribunal is strictly confidential, and that the tribunal staff will not enter into correspondence or discussion of my case with any other party, including family members, proposed future spouses, or pastoral workers;

I understand that my spouse has the right to be involved in this process, argue for validity of the marriage, and propose other grounds of invalidity, although he/she are under no obligation to do so;

I understand that my spouse has the right to read the acts of the procedure as presented;

I understand that I have the right to read the acts of the procedure as presented;

I understand that it is my responsibility to ensure the cooperation of my witnesses in this process and that their non-cooperation can cause delays in my case;

I understand that I do not have the right to contract a Catholic marriage, nor am I to set a date for a future marriage until I receive the final decree, nor will I hold the tribunal liable for any delays or negative decisions;

I understand that I, my spouse, and the defender of the bond have the right to appeal a final decision of the tribunal, and this could delay or prevent a future marriage from occurring;

I understand that even if my marriage is found to be null, a prohibition for remarriage can be placed upon me or my spouse which would prevent a future marriage until certain conditions are fulfilled;

I understand that failing to respond to the tribunal for a period of two months could result in my case being closed and archived (abatement);

I understand that this is my responsibility to inform the tribunal of any changes to my contact information during the process.

I understand that the fee associated with my case is $2200 payable in two installments.

By checking all the boxes above, I acknowledge that I understand and agree to the following:

I agree by submitting this application, I am electronically signing this application(Required)

First name Last name

I solemnly declare that the information I have provided is true and that the documents I am submitting in support of my application are genuine and have not been altered in any way.

Date(Required)

MM slash DD slash YYYY

Signature of the applicant, if applicable

Agreement