PETITION!
(Libellus)!
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(Your!maide n!n am e )! ! ! ! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(Arch)diocese!
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hereby!petition!the!Archdiocese!of!Washington!for!an!ecclesiastical!declaration!of!nullity!of!my!marriage!to!
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!______________________________________,!residing!in!the!(Arch)diocese!of!_______________________________
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!!!!!!!!!(Your!former!spouse’s!maiden!name)! ! ! ! ! ! !!!!!!!!!!(A rch )d ioce se!
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!I!will!be!re p re se n te d !b y !a!P ro c u ra to r-Advocate!who!can!be!reached!through!the!offices!of!the!Tribunal!of!the!Archdiocese!of!!
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Washington!at!5001!Eastern!Avenue,!Hyattsville,!Maryland,!20782!(mailing!address:!P.O.!Box!29260,!Washington,!D.!C.,!!
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20017-0260).!
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I!understa n d !th a t!th e !matrimo n ial!c o v en a n t!is !b y!its!nature!ordered!toward!the!good!of!the!spouses!and!the!procreation!
and!education!of!offspring!and!that!the!essential!properties!of!marriage!are!unity!and!indissolubility.!
In!accord !w ith !the!pro vision s!of!Can on !Law,!I!und er st a n d !th e !J u d g e!will!deter mine!the!grounds!upon!which!this!case!is!to!be!
adjudicated.!!!!
In!suppo rt!o f !th is!p e tit io n !I!h av e !p ro v id ed !more!de ta iled !in f o rmation!ab o u t!t h e!h is to ry !o f!th is !marriage!a n d !th e !n ames!of!
witnesses!who!can!give!testimony!about!my!relationship!with!my!former!spouse.!
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Your+signature!(maiden!name)!
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Date+
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The Archdiocese of Washington consists of the District of Columbia, and Calvert, Charles, Montgomery, Prince George’s
and St. Mary’s Counties in Maryland.
The Archdiocese of Baltimore consists of the rest of the State of Maryland with the exception of the Eastern Shore.
The Diocese of Wilmington consists of the Eastern Shore of Maryland and the State of Delaware.
The Diocese of Arlington consists of the following counties in Northern Virginia: Arlington, Clarke, Culpepper, Fairfax,
Fauquier, Frederick, King George, Lancaster, Loudoun, Madison, Northumberland, Orange, Page, Prince William, Rappahannock,
Richmond, Shenandoah, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Warren and Westmoreland and the 7 independent cities of Alexandria, Fairfax City,
Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, Manassas Park and Winchester.
The Diocese of Richmond consists of the rest of the State of Virginia.
IF YOU DO NOT KNOW THE DIOCESE, PLEASE LEAVE BLANK.
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See footnote 1 above.