Who decides the outcome of this process?
A judge or a panel of three judges, (the "Tribunal"), review all the evidence, as well as the briefs described above, and then formulate a judgment as to whether the alleged grounds have been proved. If the judges find evidence for a declaration of nullity, the case is reviewed by a second court, (the Regional Tribunal of Saint Paul/Minneapolis). Church law requires this second review to be sure that justice has been properly served.
 


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