The author presents and comments on the Rotal decision (negative) issued in the second instance after appealing against the decision (positive) issued in the first instance (by one-man tribunal) by the respondent due to a serious lack of the evaluative analysis of both parties. The Rotal judge, after a thorough interpretation of the code-based expression discretio iudicii (including three elements), emphasizes that not always the lack of such analysis constitutes inability to come to a marital agreement. This inability shall constitute exclusively the serious lack of discretio iudicii, both in its internal and external aspects.
Presented sentence of the Tribunal of the Rota of the Apostolic Nunciature in Spain adjudicate definitely in II instance adjudication nulitatis matrimonii by virtue of grave defect of discretion of judgment concerning by both parties (can. 1101 § 2 CCL) and lack of the freedom internal also by both parties (can. 1095 n 2 CCL). The question which was considering concerned matrimony which was got in 15.03.1972. The libellus was lodged in 26.04.1996. Tribunal I instance in sentence of 15.11.2000 declared that there was no proved the nullity of the marriage. The petitioner lodged appeal to the Rote of the Spain. In 09.07.2009 the Rote declared the validity of the marriage.
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