PERSONS & FAMILY RELATIONS

Table of Contents
Chapter I. Civil Personality..............................3
I. Concept and Classes of Persons..........3
II. Capacity to Act and Restrictions
Thereon..........................................................5
Chapter II. Citizenship and Domicile..............8
I. Who are Filipinos ..................................8
II. Domicile ................................................8
Chapter III. Marriage.........................................9
I. Definition and Nature of Marriage .........9
II. Requisites of Marriage ..........................9
III. Marriages Solemnized Abroad............11
IV. Presumption of Marriage.....................11
Chapter IV. Void Marriages ...........................13
I. Grounds ..............................................13
II. Period to File Action or Raise Defense
15
III. Effects of Nullity ..................................16
Chapter V. Voidable Marriages .....................18
I. Grounds for Annulment (Art. 45, FC) ..18
II. Marriage When One Spouse Absent ..21
III. Effects of Pending Actions/Decree
(Art. 49, FC) .................................................22
IV. Voidable v. Void Marriage...................23

V. Voidable v. Legal Separation ..............23

VI. Jurisdiction ..........................................23
Chapter VI. Legal Separation, Divorce and De
Facto Separation ............................................24
I. Grounds for Legal Separation.............24
II. Defenses .............................................25
III. When to File/Try Actions .....................25
IV. Effects of Filing Petition for Legal
Separation....................................................25
V. Effects of Decree for Legal Separation
25
VI. Reconciliation......................................26
VII. Divorce............................................26
VIII. De Facto Separation.......................27
Chapter VII. Rights and Obligations Between
Husband and Wife..........................................28
I. Obligations of Spouses (Arts. 68-71, FC)
28
II. Rights of Spouses (Arts. 72-73, FC) ...28
III. Use of Surname ..................................28
Chapter VIII. Property Relations Between
Spouses ..........................................................29
I. General Provisions..............................29
II. Donations by Reason of Marriage ......30
III. Absolute Community of Property ........31

IV. Conjugal Partnership of Gains............34

V. Separation of Properties During
Marriage.......................................................38
VI. Property regime of unions without
marriage.......................................................39
Chapter IX. The Family and the Family Home
.........................................................................41
I. Family..................................................41
II. Family Home.......................................41
Chapter X. Paternity and Filiation ................43
I. Kinds of Filiation..................................43
II. Impugning Legitimacy (Art. 166) .........43
III. Proof of Filiation (Arts. 172 and 175 (1))
44
IV. Legitimation (Arts. 177 and 182).........45
V. Rights of Legitimate and Illegitimate
Children (SSS).............................................45
Chapter XI. Adoption .....................................46
I. RA 8552: Domestic Adoption Act of
1998 46
II. Adoption Procedure under RA 8552 IRR
(Secs. 10-32) ...............................................47
III. RA 8043: Inter-Country Adoption Act of
1995 49
Chapter XII. Support ......................................51

I. Support................................................51
II. Who are Obliged to Support Each Other
(Art. 195)......................................................51
III. Properties Answerable for Support (Art.
197-198) ......................................................52
IV. Order of Support (SDAB) ....................52
Chapter XIII. Parental Authority....................53
I. Parental Authority ...............................53
II. Substitute and Special Parental
Authority.......................................................54
III. Suspension or Termination of Parental
Authority.......................................................55
IV. Rights and Duties of Children .............55
Chapter XIV. Funerals....................................56
I. General Guidelines .............................56
CIVIL LAW REVIEWER
SUCCESSION
Table of Contents
Chapter I. Concept of Succession................59
I. Definition of Succession (Art. 774, CC)
59
II. Opening of Succession (Art. 777, CC) 59
III. Kinds of Succession (Art. 778, CC) ....59
IV. Heirs ....................................................60
Chapter II. Testamentary Succession..........61

I. Concept ...............................................61
II. Testamentary Capacity .......................61
III. Formalities of Wills ..............................61
IV. Qualifications of Witnesses to a Notarial
Will 62
V. Qualifications of Witnesses to a Notarial
Will 63
VI. Institution of Heirs ...............................63
VII. Applicable Principles of Private
International Law .........................................63
VIII. Codicils and Incorporation by
Reference ....................................................64
IX. Revocation of Wills and Testamentary
Dispositions..................................................64
X. Allowance and Disallowance of Wills..65
XI. Substitution of Heirs ............................66
XII. Legitimes.........................................67
XIII. Preterition........................................69
XIV. Reserva Troncal .............................69
XV. Disinheritance .................................70
XVI. Legacies and Devises.....................71
Chapter III. Intestate Succession..................74
I. Causes for Legal or Intestate
Succession...................................................74
II. The Intestate or Legal Heirs................74

III. Fundamental Underlying Principles in

Legal or Intestate Succession......................74
IV. Relationship (Arts. 963-969, CC) ........75
V. The Right of Representation (Art. 970,
CC) 75
VI. Order of Legal or Intestate Succession
76
VII. Concurrence in Legal or Intestate
Succession...................................................77
VIII. Outline of Intestate Shares .............77
IX. Order of Concurrence in the Case of an
Adopted Child (Art, 190, FC) .......................78
Chapter IV. Provisions Common to
Testamentary and Intestate Succession .....79
I. Accretion .............................................79
II. Capacity to Succeed ...........................80
III. Acceptance and Repudiation of
Inheritance ...................................................81
IV. Collation (Arts. 1061-1077, CC)..........81
Chapter V. Partition and Distribution of
Estate ..............................................................83
I. Concept of Partition ............................83
II. Effects of Partition...............................84
III. Nullification of Partition .......................84
IV. Important Periods in Partition .............85

Chapter VI. Application of the Important

Concepts through Sample Computational
Problems.........................................................86
I. Institution of Heirs ...............................86
II. Legitimes.............................................86
III. Intestate Succession...........................87
IV. Accretion .............................................87
V. Collation ..............................................88