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Deliah · Apr 19, 2008, 12:34 PM

I married my Internet love 4 years ago in the UK. Things just didn't work out, and I left the UK after 6 months of being married. Does this mean that I can have the Marriage Can I perform a marriage Annulment. My "husband" in the UK refuse to give me a divorce, says he doesn't have to ever get married again, and will not give me a divorce. We have not seen each other since March 2005, when I left the UK. We were married in Sept 2004.

Please help!

Fr_Chuck · Apr 19, 2008, 12:43 PM

Where are you at NOW, if not in the US, most likely you are going to have to file for a divorce, either under the laws of the UK or if your new nation will allow under the terms of the nation you are now living at.

Deliah · Apr 19, 2008, 12:50 PM

I am in the USA, CA. I married in the UK, London.

De Maria · Apr 19, 2008, 12:50 PM

Are you Catholic?

If so, please ask a priest or a Church official. You will have to provide more details than you have in this post.

If you want to maintain anonymity, you can ask online at the following websites:

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This is a website for converts to Catholicism, but the moderator known as Cajun Rick seems very knowledgeable about annulments and Canon Law with reference to marriages:

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Deliah · Apr 19, 2008, 01:03 PM

Im not Catholic. We were married in the registry office in London.

Fr_Chuck · Apr 19, 2008, 01:35 PM

I think they confused the Catholic Annulment with the legal one to use instead of Divorce, Also I meant UK, not US when I asked what nation, a typo on my part.

But you need to check with a US divorce attorney, depending on how long you have lived here in the US, I believe you can file in the state you are now living, esp if there is no division of property, no child custody and no child support to deal with.