[GoLightly]

A. I have never heard of this practice. If neither one of you has ever been married before and you were married in a Christian church you are considered as having a valid sacramental marriage.

If neither partner was Roman Catholic, you would be correct. The dispensation has to to do with the Catholic partner's standing with the Church. The Catholic partner will given the dispensation. It will not given to the marriage. The marriage is valid, but the Catholic lost proper standing when the marriage was made.

[lastchance]

Hi, I corrected my reply when I realized they had not been married in any church.