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Hoarding Disorder as a Ground for the Nullity of Matrimonial Consent. Substantive Aspects

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32077/bskp.10312  [Google Scholar]
Published: 2026-01-15

Abstract

The aim of this article is to show how syllogomania (hoarding disorder) may, in concrete cases, lead to consensual incapacity to marry within the meaning of can. 1095, 3° of the Code of Canon Law and what consequences this entails for the practice of ecclesiastical tribunals. The psychiatric part outlines the main clinical features of the disorder, its possible personality-related and organic background, and the resulting deficits in everyday functioning, interpersonal relationships and family life. The canonical part presents the evolution of the interpretation of can. 1095, with particular attention to the autonomy of 3° and to the notion of “essential obligations of marriage” in the perspective of the bonum coniugum. It then discusses selected aspects of the jurisprudence of the Roman Rota concerning personality disorders and incapacity to live in common, which can be applied to cases of severe hoarding. The article concludes with doctrinal remarks intended to help avoid both the pathologization of ordinary difficulties and the downplaying of disorders that may constitute the ratio facti of a ground of nullity.

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