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Article 2. Effect and application of laws. (Art. 15 and 17) (1-18 CC)
Tanada vs. Tuvera, 146 SCRA 446
Roy v. CA G.R. No. 80718, January 29, 1988
Meaning of “Unless it is otherwise provided”
Fortune Motors Phils. Inc. v. Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company
Article 13
CIR v. Aichi Forging Company of Asia, Inc. 632 SCRA 422 (2010)
CO v. New Prosperity Plastic Products, 727 SCRA 503 (2014)
II. PERSONS
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A. Civil Personality
i. Civil Personality
2. Natural Persons
a. Commencement of civil personality (Art. 40, CC)
b. Extinguishment of civil personality (Art. 42, CC)
c. Survivorship (Art.43, CC)
Case: Geluz vs. CA, 2 SCRA 8
3. Juridical Persons
a. Enumeration (Art. 44, CC)
b. Governing laws (Art. 45, 47, CC)
c. Rights and obligations (Art. 46, CC)
ii. Citizenship and Domicile
Case: Romualdez-Marcos v. COMELEC, 248 SCRA 300
IV. MARRIAGE
A. Definition and Nature of Marriage (Art. 1, Family Code)
Breach of Promise to Marry (Arts. 19-21. 2176, CC)
Cases: Wassmer vs. Velez, 12 SCRA 648
Tanjanco vs. CA, 18 SCRA 994
De Jesus vs. Syquia, 58 Phil 866
Gashem Shookat Baksh vs. CA, 219 SCRA 115
Constantino vs. Mendez, 209 SCRA 18
In Re Santiago, 70 Phil 66
Selanova vs. Mendoza, 64 SCRA 69
B. Requisites of Marriage.
a. Essential (Art. 2)
i. Legal capacity: male and female
1. Persons who may contract marriage (Art. 5, 21)
2. Impediments to contracting marriage (Art. 37, 38)
b. Formal (Art. 3)
i. Authority of solemnizing officer (Art. 7, 10, 31, 32, 35 (2)
Case: Navarro vs. Domagtoy, 129 SCRA 259
ii. License
1. General rule: required
a. Issuance (Art. 9, 24)
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b. Marriages between Filipino citizens abroad (Art. 10)
c. Contents of application (Art.11)
d. Documents required for issuance (Art.12)
e. Additional requirement if party previously married (Art. 13)
f. Parental consent (Art. 14, 16)
g. Parental advice (Art. 15, 16)
h. Publication (Art. 17)
i. In case of alleged impediment (Art. 18)
j. Fees (Art.19)
k. Validity (Art.20)
l. Certificate of capacity (Art. 21)
Case: People vs. Janssen, 54 Phil 176
iii. Ceremony
1.Form (Art.6)
Note: Marriage certificate (Art. 22, 23)
2. Venue (Art. 8)
Cases: Martinez v. Tan, 12 Phil 731
Madrilejo v. De Leon, 55 Phil 1
Balogbog v. CA, 259 SCRA 269
D. Presumption of Marriage. (Art. 220, CC; Sec. 3 (aa), Rule 131, ROC)
Cases: Trinidad vs. CA, 289 SCRA 188
Vda. De Jacob v. CA, 312 SCRA 772*
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V. VOID AND VOIDABLE MARRIAGES
A. Void marriages
a. Grounds
i. Minority (Art.35.1)
ii. No authority of solemnizing officer (Art.35.2)
Exception: good faith of one party
iii. No license (Art. 35.3)
Exception: marriages exempt from license requirement (Art. 27-34)
Cases: Republic vs. CA, 236 SCRA 257 Ninal Bayadog, supra
iv. Bigamous/polygamous (Art.35.4)
Exception: absence of prior spouse (Art.41)
Case: Republic vs. CA, supra
v. Mistake of identity (Art. 35.5)
vi. Non-compliance with recording requirements ( Art. 35.6, 40,52, 53)
vii. Psychological incapacity (Art.36)
Cases:
Salita vs. Hon. Magtolis G.R No. 106429, June 13, 1994
Santos vs. Court of Appeals G.R. No. 112019, January 4, 1995, 240 SCRA 20
*Republic vs. CA, Molina G.R No. 108763, February 13, 1997, 268 SCRA 198
Marcos vs. Marcos, G.R. No. 136490
Pesca vs. Pesca 408 Phil 713 (2001)
Rule on Declaration of Absolute Nullity of Void Marriages and Annulment of Voidable Marriages
A.M. No. 02-11-10-SC Rules)
*Ngo Te v. Yu-Te G.R. No. 161793, February 13, 2009, 579 SCRA 193
*Antonio v. Reyes G.R. No. March 10, 20116, 484 SCRA 353
*Ting v. Velez-Ting G.R. No. 166562, March 31, 2009, 582 SCRA 694
*Kalaw v. Fernandez G.r. No. 166357, January 14, 2015, 745 SCRA 512
Perez-Ferraris vs. Ferraris, G.R. No. 162368
Camacho-Reyes v. Reyes, 628 SCRA 461 (2010)
Chi-Ming Tsoi vs. CA, 266 SCRA 324
Republic vs. Dagdag 351 SCRA 425 (2001), Republic vs. Iyoy (470 SCRA 508 2005) vis-a-
vis Marcos supra
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iv. Declaration of presumptive death
v. Reappearance of prior spouse (Art. 42)
vi. Effect of termination of subsequent marriage (Art. 43)
vii. Effect if both spouses of subsequent marriage in bad faith (Art.44)
Case: Nicdao Carino vs. Yee Carino, supra
Mercado vs. Mercado, supra
B. Voidable marriages
a. Grounds
i. No parental consent where required (Art. 45.1)
ii. Unsound mind (Art.45.2)
ii. Fraud (Art.45.3)
iv. Force, intimidation, undue influence (Art. 45.4)
v. Impotence (Art. 45.5)
Cases: Jimenez vs. Canizares
Menciano vs. San Jose
vi. Serious incurable sexually transmissible disease (Art.45.6)
vii. Catch-all: Defect in any essential requisite (Art.4)
Cases: Aquino vs. Delizo, 109 Phil 21
Anaya vs. Palaroan, 36 SCRA 97
Buccat vs. Mangonon de Buccat, 72 Phil 19
Ruiz vs. Atienza 40 O.G. 1903
Ocampo vs. Florenciano, supra
Contreras vs. Macaraig, 33 SCRA 222
Somosa-Ramos vs. Vamenta, 46 SCRA 11
D. Other requirements
a. Steps towards reconciliation (Art. 58)
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b. Safeguards against collusion (Art. 60)
Cases: Ocampo vs. Florenciano 107 Phil. 35
Somosa-Ramos vs. Vamenta, 46 SCRA 11
Contreras vs. Macaraeg, 33 SCRA 222
F. Effects of decree
G. Reconciliation
C. Joint responsibility of Support (Art. 70, compare with Art. 11 of CC; Art. 199-200)
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Narag vs. Narag 291 SCRA 451
Dadivas vs. Villanueva 52 Phil 952
Atilano vs. Chua Ching Beng 103 Phil 255
Del Rosario vs. Del Rosario 46 OG 611
Silva vs. Peralta 110 Phil 57
Arroyo vs. Vasquez de Arroyo 42 Phil 54
Perez vs. Perez 109 Phil 657
(See also RA 9262, Anti-Violence against Women and Children Act)
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7. Liquidation (Art. 129-133)
A. Members of a Family
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Cases: Siari Valley Estates vs. Lucasan 97 Phil 987
Modequillo vs. Breva 185 SCRA 766
Taneo vs. CA 304 SCRA 308
1. Impugning legitimacy
Cases: Andal vs. Macaraig 89 Phil 165
Jao vs. CA 152 SCRA 359
Macadangdang vs. CA 100 SCRA 73
Chua Keng Giap vs. TAC 166 SCRA 451
Republic vs. Labrador 305 SCRA 438
People vs. Tumimpad 235 SCRA 483
Benitez-Badua vs. CA 299 SCRA 468
Lumain de Aparicho vs. Paraguay 150 SCRA 279
C. Illegitimate Children.
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D. Legitimated Children. (Art. 177-182)
Cases: De los Santos vs. Luciano 60 Phil 328
Ramirez vs. Gmur 42 Phil 855
XI. ADOPTION
A. Domestic Adoption
(RA 8552 and its IRR, Procedural Rules on Adoption, AM No. 02-6-02-SC)
(RA 9523, An Act Requiring the Certification of the DSWD to Declare a Child Legally Available for
Adoption as a Pre-requisite for Adoption Proceedings)
1. Policies (Sec. 2)
Case: Republic vs. CA, Bobiles 205 SCRA 356
4. Eligibility
a. Who may adopt (Sec. 7)
b. Who may be adopted (Sec. 8)
c. Required consents (Sec. 9)
Cases: In re Adoption of Edwin Villa 21 SCRA 399
Republic vs. Toledano and Spouses Clave 233 SCRA 9
Republic vs. Miller 306 SCRA 183
B. Inter-Country Adoption
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A. General Provisions (Art. 209-215)
(See RA 8972 (Solo Parents Welfare Act)
F. Rights of Parents
Cases: Silva vs. CA and Gonzales 275 SCRA 604
London vs. BCC October 10, 2002
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