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[English version: Monitor Ecclesiasticus CXV (1990-III), 345-348]

     (X, the petitioner in the case, after more than 10 years in religious life was dispensed from her vows and married Y, several years her senior. They had four children, but after 13 years the marriage broke up when she became involved with another man. She filed a petition for nullity on the grounds of lack of due discretion on her part. Affirmative judgments were given in May 1986 and again, at the appellate level, in December 1986. The respondent appealed to the Rota, asking for a new presentation of the case)