Permissions are needed for:
· Mixed marriage – a Catholic wishes to marry a baptized non-Catholic
· Canon 1071 situations
· Marriages of vagrants (those who have no domicile)
· Marriages which cannot be recognized or celebrated in civil law
· Marriages in which a party is bound by natural obligations arising from a
prior union, to some individual or children (i.e. alimony or child support
are being met)
· Marriages involving a party who has notoriously rejected the faith
· Marriages when one or both parties are under ecclesiastical censure
· Marriages involving one or two minor children when parents are unaware
of the proposed marriage or offer reasonable objections to its celebration
· Marriages to be celebrated by proxy
· Marriage outside an approved place - when a Catholic deacon or priest will
witness the vows of the couple, but the wedding will not take place within a
Catholic parish church. THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER DOES NOT
ALLOW OUTDOOR WEDDINGS.

Dispensations are needed for:
· Disparity of Cult – a Catholic wishes to marry an unbaptized person
· Impediment of Consanguinity - the marriage of first cousins
· Impediment of Affinity – relationship with the in-law family
· Impediment of Crime
· Canonical Form – when a couple does not want a Catholic wedding but wants
their marriage officiated by a rabbi, Protestant minister, etc. to be
recognized by the Catholic Church. This dispensation is NEVER
given for two Catholics.