Show Marriage Annul Annulment ent Under Catholic lie Law Long Process 1 9 ROME nO Dec Dee 14 AP AP Continued AP-Continued Continued unfounded unfounded reports of annulment o ot of marriages by the Holy Rota nota as all in inthe inthe the cast cist of Richard Washburn Child former ambassador to Italy has brought an explanation from Vatican circles of ot the pr procedure which must be followed In such cases The Hoi Hol Holy Rota It Is stated is a tribunal of ot appeal hearing cases ses referred to it b bj by other othe and lower ecclesiastical courts A couple de desiring desiring de- de siring annulment under Catholic II canon law must appeal first to the i diocesan court in n the place where I Ithe the marriage was contracted or orIf If It that is Impossible at least to the i court In ill the place where the parties reside I It is further declared that the I Procedure testifies to the churchs church's s severe and scrupulous attitude toward such cases since at least two judgments and two sentences by tho the diocesan and rota courts courts- are re exacted before annulment or or refusal of ot annulment becomes definite nite I Even after these two steps It is possible to appeal to the pope pope who can alwa always al s 's reopen a casT case calle a either I having it t by the rota iota Q pr I submitted to a special commission of ol cardinals appointed by himIn him In some ways was this proc procedure dure It Itis H His is declared resembles that of or the American federal courts with the diocesan courts corresponding to the tho district courts the Ithe rota the circuit courts and the pope aided by his legal and ecclesiastical advisers ad- ad d ad advisers the supreme court courtIn In the case of ot the former ambassador ambassador ambas ambas- a divorce was granted Mrs Child by a Paris civil U tribunal early arly last month If It either or both parties parties par par- I ties desired annulment of their marriage by b the Catholic church the procedure necessitates an appeal appeal appeal ap ap- peal to the diocesan co court rt either inthe In Inthe Inthe the place where the marriage was contracted or the place of or residence resi rest dence Unless such sucha a a step was taken long before the civil court in PerIs P r's rs granted their divorce it Is Js poll pointed out there has not yet el et been time for tor even a diocesan sentence since the preliminary investigation usually takes four or five months and must prove the existence tence of one of those rare impediments of ot canon canon law warranting a of ot annulment annulment annul annul- ment |