If a marriage is invalid it is invalid.
Period.
It does not matter if the Church has a formal hearing on the matter or not, it is still not valid.
Good Catholics should be concerned about remarriage if “God has joined” them in a previous marriage.
However, if the previous marriage was not valid it really is not the business of ANYONE but the two involved in that marriage. And the Church, TOO, of course, if either member of that invalid marriage wishes to confirm their own views.
Those of you who obsess over this issue are in violation of a Commandment yourselves, if you pass judgment on others over matters you know nothing about. You do not know the hearts or the mental states of those involved.
So, who does determine the validity of a marriage?
It depends if it was void ab initio or merely voidable. If it wasn't void from the outset, then there are civil as well as ecclesiastical implications to the marital state.
Those of you who obsess over this issue are in violation of a Commandment yourselves, if you pass judgment on others
Well, I haven't checked in on this thread in a while, but I didn't see any of that going on when I was last here. But as a matter of curiosity, what commandment are you referring to?
You do not know the hearts or the mental states of those involved.
No, and it isn't my concern. That's why the validity of the dissolution of the marriage should be in the hands of the Presbuteros.