[sinkspur]

Intervention in troubled marriages usually needs to take place before a civil divorce. Annulments are typically pursued when one of the parties wishes to remarry somebody else in the Church.

[DBeers]

Yes; however, divorces have been pursued because of the assured decree of nullity that is all but advertised by 'pastoral helpers'... Once the rubber stamp goes away people may be more likely to take up the cross in difficult situatins that often come to those who choose marriage as a vocation...