Void Marriages Flashcards
Solemnized without License, except those marriages that are exempt from the license requirement; void or voidable?
void
Marriage between Filipinos who are of the same sex; void or voidable?
void
In case of a change in sex, can the person who has undergone said change be allowed to marry another of the same sex as he/she originally had? If the change is artificial?
No, he/she cannot; The sex or gender at the time of birth shall be taken into account. He is still, in the eyes of the law, a man although because of the artificial intervention, he now has the physiological characteristics of a woman
Solemnized by any person not legally Authorized to perform marriages unless such marriages were contracted with either or both parties believing in good faith that the solemnizing officer had the legal authority to do so; void or voidable?
void
In case of a change in sex, can the person who has undergone said change be allowed to marry another of the same sex as he/she originally had? If the change is natural?
He/she can. Ex. Hermaphrodite, Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Absence of any of the essential or formal requisites of marriage; void or voidable?
void
Validity of the marriage if it is a mixed marriage where the Filipino is 18 years old but the foreigner is below 17 years of age?
If the national law of the foreigner recognizes 17 year old persons to be capacitated to marry, then their marriage is valid, otherwise it is void.
Contracted through Mistake of one of the contracting parties as to the identity of the other; void or voidable?
void
Effect of lack of authority of solemnizing officer?
The marriage is void ab initio.
Bigamous or polygamous marriages not falling under Article 41 of the Family Code or those allowed under special laws such as the Muslim Code; void or voidable?
void
If either or both parties believed in good faith that the solemnizing officer had the legal authority to do so; valid?
valid
If the marriage between a foreigner and a Filipino citizen abroad solemnized by a Philippine consul assigned in that country is recognized as valid in the host country, such marriage shall be considered as valid in the Philippines
valid
Marriages contracted by any party below 18 years of age even with the consent of parents or guardians; void or voidable?
void
psychological incapacity means mental incapacity tantamount to insanity
No. pyschological incapacity means “comply with the essential marital obligations
Marriages contracted by any party, who at the time of the celebration of the marriage, was Psychologically incapacitated, even if such incapacity becomes manifest only after its solemnization; void or voidable?
void
Incestuous Marriages; void voidable?
void
Requisites of Psychological Incapacity
Juridical antecedence;
Gravity;
Permanence or incurability;
Marriages declared void because they are contrary to Public policy; void or voidable?
void
Burden of proof to show the nullity of the marriage belongs to the plaintiff; Psychological Incapacity?
Guidelines Psychological Incapacity
Subsequent marriages which are void under; void or voidable?
void
The root cause of the psychological incapacity must be: (a) medically or clinically identified, (b) alleged in the complaint, (c) sufficiently proven by experts and (d) clearly explained in the decision; Psychological Incapacity?
Guidelines Psychological Incapacity
Marriages in jest; void or voidable?
void
The incapacity must be proven to be existing at “the time of the celebration” of the marriage; Psychological Incapacity?
Guidelines Psychological Incapacity
Common-law marriages; void or voidable?
void
Such incapacity must also be shown to be medically or clinically permanent or incurable; Psychological Incapacity?
Guidelines Psychological Incapacity
Mere sexual infidelity or perversion as well as immaturity and irresponsibility; Psychological Incapacity?
no. It must be shown that these acts are manifestations of a disordered personality which would make respondent completely unable to discharge the essential obligations of a marital state, not merely youth, immaturity or sexual promiscuity
Disagreements regarding money matters; Psychological Incapacity?
no
Such illness must be grave enough to bring about the disability of the party to assume the essential obligations of marriage; Psychological Incapacity?
Guidelines Psychological Incapacity
Mere abandonment; sychological Incapacity?
To constitute psychological incapacity, it must be shown that the unfaithfulness and abandonment are manifestations of a disordered personality that completely prevented the erring spouse from discharging the essential marital obligations
The essential marital obligations must be those embraced by Arts. 68 up to 71 of the FC as regards the husband and wife, as well as Arts. 220, 221 and 225 of the same Code in regard to parents and their children. Such non-complied marital obligation(s) must also be stated in the petition, proven by evidence and included in the text of the decision; Psychological Incapacity?
Guidelines Psychological Incapacity
Sexual infidelity; Psychological Incapacity?
no
Interpretations given by the National Appellate Matrimonial Tribunal of the Catholic Church in the Philippines, while not controlling or decisive, should be given great respect by our courts; Psychological Incapacity?
Guidelines Psychological Incapacity
The trial court must order the prosecuting attorney or fiscal and the Solicitor General to appear as counsel for the state. No decision shall be handed down unless the Solicitor General issues a certification, which will be quoted in the decision, briefly stating therein his reasons for his agreement or opposition, as the case may be, to the petition; Psychological Incapacity?
Guidelines Psychological Incapacity
Living an adulterous life when specific evidence was shown that promiscuity as a trait already existing at the inception of marriage; Psychological Incapacity?
no
A and B were married. They have four (4) children. A, the husband, had an affair with C, who gave birth to a child. After 12 years of marriage, B left the conjugal home and her 4 children with A. Now, A started living with C. Nine years since the de facto separation from B, A filed a petition for declaration of nullity of marriage based on Article 36 of the Family Code. A psychologist and a canon law expert testified that B, were indeed psychologically incapacitated alleging that she may reflect a narcissistic personality disorder with her sexual infidelity, habitual mahjong playing, and her frequent night-out with friends. They based their diagnosis on an interview with the family relative of B and statements made by their own son. Is the marriage of A and B void on the ground of psychological incapacity?
YES. The Court held that B was indeed psychologically incapacitated as they relaxed the previously set forth guidelines with regard to this case. Article 36 of the Family Code must not be so strictly and too literally read and applied given the intendment of the drafter to adopt its enacted version of “less specificity” obviously to enable “some resiliency in its application.” Expert opinion considered as decisive evidence as to psychological and emotional temperaments. The long-term effects of the respondent’s obsessive mahjong playing surely impacted her family life particularly on her very young children. Her willfully exposing her children to the culture of gambling on every occasion of her mahjong sessions was a very grave and serious act of subordinating their needs for parenting to the gratification of her own personal and escapist desires. The respondent revealed her wanton disregard for her children’s moral and mental development. This disregard violated her duty as a parent to safeguard and protect her children
Would the state of being of unsound mind or the concealment of drug addiction, habitual alcoholism, homosexuality or lesbianism be considered indicia of psychological incapacity, if existing at the inception of marriage?
The state of being of unsound mind, the concealment of drug addiction, habitual alcoholism, lesbianism or homosexuality may be indicia of psychological incapacity, depending on the degree of severity of the disorder. However, the concealment of drug addiction, habitual alcoholism, lesbianism or homosexuality is a ground of annulment of marriage
Art. 36 of the FC provides that a marriage contracted by any party who, at the time of the celebration, was psychologically incapacitated to comply with the essential marital obligations of marriage, shall be void.
Choose the spouse listed below who is psychologically incapacitated.
a. Nagger
b. Gay or Lesbian
c. Congenital sexual pervert
B and C. They may serve as indicia of psychological incapacity, depending on the degree and severity of the disorder (Santos v. CA, G.R. No. 112019, January 4, 1995). If the condition of homosexuality, lesbianism or sexual perversion, existing at the inception of the marriage, is of such a degree as to prevent any form of sexual intimacy, any of them may qualify as a ground for psychological incapacity. The law provides that the husband and wife are obliged to live together, observe mutual love, respect and fidelity
More than just showing the manifestations of incapacity, the petitioner must show that the respondent is incapacitated to comply with the essential marital obligations of marriage and that it is also essential that he must be shown to be incapable of doing so due to some psychological, not physical illness
Between ascendants and descendants of any degree; iINCESTUOUS MARRIAGES?
yes
Adopted and Illegitimate child of the adopter; valid or not?
Yes. exeption to iINCESTUOUS MARRIAGES