You have been sadly misinformed, and I will happily explain why.
First of all, there are 30,000 - 60,000 annulments granted every year in the US alone (I'm looking at the span of the last 10 years), and very few, if any of them, are Kennedy-rich. So your claim is false on the face of it.
Second, In his book Annulments and the Catholic Church, canon lawyer Edward Peters states, "In the U.S. most tribunals charge anywhere from $200 to $1,000 for adjudicating a standard nullity case… These fees are typically payable over time, and there are means for having fees reduced or eliminated in cases of financial hardship (canon 1464)” (p. 7-8).
Peters goes on to explain that the expenses paid out of this fee are the cost of retrieval and printing of documents, the expense of personally locating and interviewing the respondent and witnesses, meetings with canon lawyers from both sides, esp. if the annulment is contested.
On the other hand, if the attempted marriage was indisputably null from the documents alone (e.g. proof that one of the parties was already validly married to somebody else and so the attempted marriage was actually bigamy), the petitioner would have an expedited and much less expensive process.
'Documentary cases' are handled very rapidly and for a much smaller fee, $25 or less being common.”
Compare that to the cost of a civil divorce!
Bishop Zubik of the Diocese of Pittsburgh has just this month announced that there will be no fees for annulments in his diocese. Can't get much cheaper than free.
Do you understand? I hope this was helpful.
Check the post. Kennedy’s not mine, liberal abortion pushers was mine.
My divorce left me with understating, first hand. Pelosi, Biden among others receiving communion also leaves me with an understanding. Do you understand?