Epilepsy and the nullity of marriage
Keywords:
ictal state, incapacity, epileptic seizures, anti-epileptic medication, marriage.Abstract
Epilepsy belongs to a long list of psychic causes which can lead to canonical marriage annulment. Despite some experts believe that epilepsy can be curable thanks to new medicines and that it is no longer socially discriminated, epilepsy is not outdated (it is estimated that 40 million people suffer from it, and 80% of them lives in developing countries) and marriage annulment libellus that include this pathology among the factual situations are still sent to ecclesiastical courts. The purpose of this work is to offer in a summarised form some background of this disease provided by a canonical law professional as well as epilepsy’s incidence in those cases in which one of the spouses suffers from this illness.Downloads
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Carrasco Cuadros, Francisco A. “Epilepsy and the Nullity of Marriage”. Estudios Eclesiásticos. Revista de investigación e información teológica y canónica 91, no. 359 (February 28, 2017): 759–803. Accessed December 23, 2024. https://revistas.comillas.edu/index.php/estudioseclesiasticos/article/view/7717.
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