Outreach
TRIBUNAL- How to Start
This page of the Tribunal Web site is to help you get started with the annulment process. If you need assistance, please contact your parish priest or deacon.
How TO START?
A person seeking to begin this process does not contact the Tribunal directly. The first step in this process is to meet 
with a parish priest or deacon and share the story of the former marriage with him. Subsequently, he will assist you complete the preliminary application. If a parish priest or deacon is not available, please contact Father Symphorien Lopoke at 703-841-3803.
The required application and petition forms are completed with the help of the priest or deacon, who will forward them to the Tribunal office. The Tribunal carefully studies all of the materials and, if the evidence seems to warrant consideration, a formal intervew with the person seeking the annulment will be arranged.
In addition, an interview with one of the the Tribunal's professional conselors may be required.
The interview with this counselor takes place at the Tribunal office and the appointment is scheduled by the judge assigned to the case in consultation with the person involved.
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