Can. 1671 §1. Marriage cases of the baptized belong to the ecclesiastical judge by proper right.
§2
Can. 1671 §2. Cases concerning the merely civil effects of marriage belong to a civil magistrate, unless particular law establishes that an ecclesiastical judge can investigate and decide these cases if they are done in an incidental or accessory manner.
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