So why offer religious annullments if there are children from the marriage?
Again I am curious. I’m not a Catholic and just want info.
In the 70s, in this country, liberals came up with all sorts of fake reasons to annul, the favorite being 'lack of discretion', lack of maturity to make a sound decision about marriage. Naturally that made a joke of the sacrament and they were ordered by the Vatican to tightened things up. Things are better and they are no longer passing annulments out like M&Ms, but these actions cannot be pleasing to Our Lord.
Why offer them if there are kids? There may be a good reason in a rare case here or there, but I cannot think of any. Recall how scripture says that our hearts would become hardened. Ultimately this is all due to our sin and that is the bottom line. Remember though, the right of the children to inherit, etc. are not affected by the annulment of the parents. The children are innocent victims.