Can. 1690
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The judge of second instance, with the intervention of the defender of the bond and after having heard the parties, will decide in the same manner as that mentioned in can. 1688 whether the sentence must be confirmed or whether the case must rather proceed according to the ordinary method of law; in the latter event the judge remands the case to the tribunal of first instance.
General Norms
Wording replaced by Cf: Apostolic Letter Motu Proprio Mitis Iudex Dominus Iesus by which the canons of the Code of Canon Law pertaining to cases regarding the nullity of marriage are reformed (15 August 2015) (precedente versione): CHAPTER I. CASES TO DECLARE THE NULLITY OF MARRIAGE Art. 1. THE COMPETENT FORUM
Cases for the declaration of the nullity of a marriage cannot be treated in an oral contentious process.