No such thing as tribunals anymore, Sherlock. Don’t you get it?
However, I wouldn’t doubt that you have plenty of experience with them. What number wife are you on?
Yes, there are; I am going through one right now. Unless you have been through one or stood beside someone that has, shut your mouth. They are not a cake walk, they are invasive, tedious and because you don't know what you are talking about they start from the parish and move UP. Most annulments don't make it past the parish to the tribunal. The ones that do even if granted at the diocese get an automatic appeal to be sure of validity. What you probably don't know either, American's apply for annulments in greater numbers than overseas because American's don't ditch the church after divorce like those divorced overseas do. We (the one's going through this process) are trying to stay connected to the church; but then here is you..just like others here "holier than thou".