Question:How is a marriage declared invalid for a "lack of canonical form"?

How is a marriage declared invalid because of a "lack of can...?

This refers to marriages of members of the Catholic or Orthodox Churches. In order for the marriages of Catholics or the Orthodox to be considered valid by the Catholic Church, they must take place in a certain way. For Catholics, this mean...

Can I get my marriage annulled (declared invalid)?

To qualify to have your marriage declared invalid, you must meet the following conditions:

When was Catherine and Henry's marriage declared invalid?

May 23, 1533. Archbishop Cranmer tried the case and found their marriage to be not lawful. By this time, Henry was already married to Anne Boleyn.

I married a woman in the Dominican Republic for her to get her VISA as a favor to a friend.?

Q: It didn't work out because when we went through questioning I messed up. That was a few years ago. I now want to marry my girlfriend in the U.S. (we are both US born citizens) but I'm not sure if I am able to since I have that marriage in the Dominican Republic. Someone told me the Dominican marriage is probably not valid because it was obviously done as a business thing and I can go ahead and have my wedding church and all. How can I make sure? I don't want to get married and then have my real marriage be invalid because I was already "married". Someone else told me I can just get a lawyer to process a divorce over there and have something printed in a Dominican newspaper about it and that would take care of it. Yet another person said to just forget about it and get married as if it will never come up. I just really don't want my marriage to be declared invalid at some point because of the fake marriage. And yes, my girlfriend does know all about this. Any suggestions? Thanks.The civil marriage took place in her house in the Dominican Republic. She wasn't approved for the VISA since I messed up in the questioning (I forgot her parent's names) so we just dropped the process and I home to the U.S. and she stayed over there with my friend and now has a couple of kids with him. I don't even know what I did with any of the paperwork.

A: you need to go to a lawyer and show all the papers you have regarding your marriage