Family Code of the Philippines Flashcards
Una sa family code.
Status of Marriage.
1st:
CHECK FACTS.
IS THERE DOUBT?
PRESUME IN FAVOR OF MARRIAGE.
IF THERE’S NO DOUBT. FOLLOW THE FACTS.
38 What marraiges are void for publci policy
- What constitutes fraud as annulment ground..
NO OTHER MISREPRESENTATION OR DECEIT…
1sts:
termination of subsequent marriage (41)/annullED marriage/nulliFIED marriage (36) (53)
essential requisites of marriage–absence or defect (vice)
formal requisites of marriage–absence / irregularity
What is marriage?
legal capacity to marry
- 18 years old and above,
- must marry the opposite sex (oppositve sex determined by antamony/genitalia as of birth)
- and the marriage is not incestuous or against public policy
who are the EXCLUSIVELY authorized solemnizing officers?
- Why exclusive? Only they are authorized by the state and only under these conditions
- INCUMBENT member of the judiciary, WITHIN TERRITORY (SC/CA/CTA/SB, nationwide scope)
- articulo mortis: ship captain/airplane chief and military commander
- ship captain, kapag bet. passenger or crewmember, while at sea or in flight, or in stopovers at ports of call.
- consul-general, consul, vice consul (of BOTH FILIPINOS yung parties)
- acting within written authority of his congregation, civil registrar general, at least one is member
- mayor (even acting mayor) within his jurisdiction
when license is NOT required… WHY?
- in articulo mortis (with any of the authorized solemnizers but strictly WITH AUTHORITY)–eithre or both–even if ailing subsequently survives–purpose: urgency to declare then ONE (for the status of their properties, and the legitimacy of their children)
- shipcaptain/airplane chief, in articulo mortis between passengers or crewmembers, while the ship is at sea or the plain is in flight, or stoppovers at ports of call. Urgency.
- military commander–commissioned officer–of at least a battalion, in articulo mortis between civilians or soldiers, within the zone of military operations (danger of death is not in the point of death). Reason: Urgency.
- consul-general, consul, or vice consul (where the prospecitve spouses are BOTH FILIPINOS)
REASON: TO LEGITIMIZE UNIONS, FOR THEIR PROPERTIES’ UNIONS, AND THE LEGITIMACY OF THEIR CHILDREN (that they may have rights)
- Art. 36 Mixed Marriages abroad. Filipino and Foreigner.
Who are the commissioned officers of the AFP?
GLMB CLML
Military units of the AFP
- when is parental consent required?
- Who has right to give parental consent?
- if walang parental consent, what’s theeffect?
- If voidable due to non-parental consent, who can file?
effect:
- 1) if either party is 18 above, below 21
- father, mother, surviving parent/guardian, person having charge
- publication (10 consecutive days by positing, but after 10o days of publication, 3 months delay bago issue); kung matuloy yung marriage, voidable
- who can file: the no-consent party, 5 years after turning 21, or the parent/person having legal charge, anytime before the party turns 21
1sts:
If there’s no presumption of marriage/no cohabitation/or there are facts na baka nga talagang void yung marriage… ano titignan mo?
if marriage is:
in the RP, go to essential or formal requisites;
abroad, go to Art. 26.
1sts: pag essential or formal requisites: check..
Capacity to act, REQUISITES, age, sex, relation, prior (prior as in prior marriage)
1sts:
Void ba? SEES
The list is “Specific, Express, Exclusive.”–STRICTLY CONSTRUED. EXCLUSIVE.
The State encourages legitimate unions for spousal rights, property rights–especially legitimacy rights–to arise.
EFFECTS OF VOID MARRIAGES: Child, Property Regime, Forfeiture of Share, Delivery of Presumptive Legitime
What are the void marriages:
Art. 26. If invalid in another country, it’s invalid to us.
Art. 35
Art. 36
Art. 37
Art. 38
Art. 40–yung invalid na subsequent one without obtaining the decree
41–yung invalid na subsequent bigamous (not the valid one terminated by presumptive death)
Art. 52-53
Process for securing Marriage License
Art. 26 on Mixed Marriages
Comity Provision. Why.
see “Reviewer in Persons”
18 years old to 25 years old–required ang certificate of marriage counselling.
Noncompliance…
When 10-day publication by posting completes, 3 month delay for issuance of marriage license.
When can local civil registrar have the right to NOT ISSUE?