Atty. Sahara Alia J.

Silongan
College of Law
Notre Dame University
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SYLLABUS FOR PERSONS AND FAMILY RELATIONS
2019

NOTE: This syllabus is an outline of the key topics that fall under the subject Persons
and Family Relations. Accordingly, all students should be guided that laws, rules,
issuances, and jurisprudence pertinent to these topics form part of the materials within
the coverage of the subject.

I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES

A. Effect and application of laws

ARTICLE 2 – Effectivity of Laws

a. Tañada v. Tuvera (G.R. No. L-63915; April 24, 1985)
b. De Roy v. CA (G.R. No. 80718; January 29, 1988)

ARTICLE 3 – Ignorance of the Law

a. Department of Justice v. Judge Mislang (A.M. No. RTJ-14-2369, July 26,
2016)

ARTICLE 4 – Prospectivity of Laws

a. Atienza v. Brillantes, Jr. (A.M. No. MTJ-92-706; March 29, 1995)
b. Phil. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals v. COA (G.R. No.
169752; September 25, 2007)
c. Carlos v. Sandoval (G.R. No. 179922; Dec. 16, 2008)
d. Cheng v. Sy (G.R. No. 174238; July 7, 2009)
e. Carolino v. Senga (G.R. No. 1896491; April 20, 2015)

ARTICLE 5 – Mandatory and Prohibitory Laws

a. In the Matter of Petition for Cancellation of Certificate of Live Births of
Yuhares Jon Barcelote Tinitigan v. Republic of the Philippines (G.R. No.
222095; August 7, 2017)

ARTICLE 6 – Waiver of Rights

a. Famanila v. CA (G.R. No. 150429; August 29, 2006)
b. Guy v. CA (G.R. No. 163707; September 15, 2006)

ARTICLE 7 – Repeal of Laws

a. Inciong v. Hon. Mariano de Guia (A.M. No. R-249-RTJ; September 17,
1987)
b. League of Cities of the Philippines v. COMELEC (G.R. No. 176951;
August 24, 2010)

ARTICLE 8 – Judicial Decisions

a. Philippine International Trading Corporation v. COA (G.R. No. 205837;
November 21, 2017)

ARTICLE 9 – Duty of Courts/Judges to Render Judgment

a. Silverio v. Republic (G.R. No. 174689; October 22, 2007)

ARTICLE 14 – Obligatory Effect of Penal Laws

a. Del Socorro v. Wilsem (G.R. No. 193707; December 10, 2014)

B. Conflict of laws (Private International Law)

ARTICLE 15 – Nationality Theory

a. Pilapil v. Ibay-Somera (G.R. No. 80116; June 30, 1989)

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b. Quita v. CA (G.R. No. 124862; December 22, 1998)
c. Recio v. Recio (G.R. No. 138322; October 1, 2001)
d. Elmar Perez v. CA (G.R. No. 162580; January 27, 2006)
e. San Luis v. San Luis (G.R. No. 133743; February 6, 2007)
f. Lavadia v. Heirs of Luna (G.R. No. 171914; July 23, 2014)
g. Noveras v. Noveras (G.R. No. 188289; August 20, 2014)
h. Orion Savings Bank v. Suzuki (G.R. No. 205487; November 12, 2014)
i. Del Socorro v. Wilsem (G.R. No. 193707; December 10, 2014)

ARTICLE 16 – Law Governing Real and Personal Property

a. Ancheta v. Guersey-Dalaygon (G.R. No. 139868; June 8, 2006)
b. Orion Savings Bank v. Suzuki (G.R. No. 205487; November 12, 2014)

C. Human relations (Articles 19-22)

ARTICLE 19 – Principle of Abuse of Rights

a. Far East Bank v. Pacilan, Jr. (G.R. No. 157314; July 29, 2005)
b. Uypitching v. Quiamco (G.R. No. 146322; December 6, 2006)
c. Cebu Country Club v. Elizagaque (G.R. No. 160273; January 18, 2008)
d. Calatagan Golf Club v. Clemente, Jr. (G.R. No. 165443; April 16, 2009)
e. Ardiente v. Spouses Javier, et al (G.R. No. 161921; July 17, 2013)
f. Sesbreño v. CA (G.R. No. 160689; March 26, 2014)
g. Saladaga v. Astorga (A.C. No. 4697; November 25, 2014)
h. Tan v. Valeriano (G.R. No. 185559; August 2, 2017)
i. Arco Pulp and Paper Co., Inc. v. Lim (G.R. No. 206806; June 25, 2014)

ARTICLE 21 – Acts Contrary to Morals

a. Buenaventura v. CA (G.R. No. 127358; March 31, 2005)

ARTICLE 22 – Unjust Enrichment

a. Filinvest v. Ngilay (G.R. No. 174715; October 11, 2012)
b. Gonzalo v. Tarnate, Jr. (G.R. No. 160600; January 15, 2014)
c. Bliss Development v. Diaz (G.R. No. 213233; August 5, 2015)

ARTICLE 26 – Acts Not Constituting a Criminal Offense but shall Produce a

Cause of Action for Damages
a. Castro v. People (G.R. No. 180832; July 23, 2008)

ARTICLE 27 – Liability of a Public Servant or Employee

a. Ledesma v. CA and Delmo (G.R. No. L-54598 April 15, 1988)
b. Campugan v. Tolentino, Jr. (A.C. No. 8261; March 11, 2015)

ARTICLE 28 – Unfair Competition

a. Willaware Products v. Jesichris Manufacturing (G.R. No. 195549;
September 3, 2014)

ARTICLE 29-35 – Civil Liability Arising from a Criminal Offense

a. People v. Bayotas (G.R. No. 102007; September 2, 1994)
b. Frias v. San Diego-Sison (G.R. No. 155223; April 4, 2007)
c. Daluraya v. Oliva (G.R. No. 210148; December 8, 2014)
d. People v. Dionaldo (G.R. No. 207949; July 23, 2014)
e. Basilonia v. Villaruz (G.R. Nos. 191370-71; August 10, 2015)
f. Hambon v. CA (G.R. No. 122150; March 17, 2003)

ARTICLE 36 – Prejudicial Question

a. Tuanda v. Sandiganbayan (G.R. No. 110544; October 17, 1995)
b. Beltran v. People (G.R. No. 137567; June 20, 2000)
c. Pasi v. Lichauco (G.R. No. 134887; July 27, 2006)

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d. Yap v. Cabales (G.R. No. 159186; June 5, 2009)
e. Dreamwork v. Janiola (G.R. No. 184861; June 30, 2009)
f. Pimentel v. Pimentel (G.R. No. 172060; September 13, 2010)
g. Consing, Jr. v. People (G.R. No. 161075; July 15, 2013)
h. People v. Arambulo (G.R. No. 186597; June 17, 2015)
i. Domingo v. Spouses Singson (G.R. No. 203287; April 5, 2017)

II. PERSONS AND FAMILY RELATIONS

A. Persons
1. Civil personality

ARTICLES 40-41 – Personality Springs from Birth

a. Quimiguing v. Icao (G.R. No. 26795; July 31,1970)
b. Continental Steel v. Montano (G.R. No. 182836; October 13,2009)

2. Use of surnames

ARTICLES 364-380
a. Republic v. CA and Vicencio (G.R. No. 88202; December 14,
1998)
b. In Re: Petition of Julian Lin Carulasan Wang (G.R. No. 159966;
March 30, 2005)
c. In the Matter of Adoption of Nathy Astorga Garcia (G.R. No.
148311; March 31, 2005)
d. Republic v. Capote (G.R. No. 157043; February 2, 2007)
e. Remo v. Secretary of Foreign Affairs (G.R. No. 169202; March 5,
2010)
f. Grande v. Antonio (G.R. No. 206248; February 18, 2014)
g. In the Matter of Petition for Cancellation of Certificate of Live
Births of Yuhares Jon Barcelote Tinitigan v. Republic of the
Philippines (supra)

3. Entries in the Civil Registry and Clerical Error Law (RA 9048, as
amended)

ARTICLES 407-413
a. Silverio v. Republic (supra)
b. Republic v. Cagandahan (G.R. No. 166676; September 12, 2008)
c. Corpuz v. Sto. Tomas (G.R. No. 186571; August 11, 2010)
d. Iwasawa v. Gangan (G.R. No. 204169; September 11, 2013)
e. Republic v. Olaybar (G.R. No.189538; February 10, 2014)
f. In the Matter of the Petition for Correction of Entry, Felipe C.
Almojuela (G.R. No. 211724; August 24, 2016)
g. Republic v. Gallo (G.R. No. 207074; January 17, 2018)

4. Absence

a. Civil code provisions

ARTICLES 381-396
aa. Calisterio v. Calisterio (G.R. No. 136467; April 6, 2000)
bb. Valdez v. Republic (G.R. No. 180863; Sptember 8, 2009)
cc. Tadeo-Matias v. Republic (G.R. No. 230751; April 25, 2018)

b. Presumptive death of absent spouse under the Family Code

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ARTICLE 41
aa. Republic v. Nolasco (G.R. No. 94053; March 17, 1993)
bb. Calisterio v. Calisterio (supra)
cc. Manuel v. People (G.R. No. 165842; November 29, 2005)
dd. Republic v. CA and Alegro (G.R. No. 159614; December 9,
2005)
ee. SSS v. Vda. De Bailon (G.R. No. 165545; March 24, 2006)
ff. Valdez v. Republic (G.R. No. 180863; September 8, 2009)
gg. Santos v. Santos (G.R. No. 187061; October 8, 2014)
hh. Republic v. Orcelino-Villanueva (G.R. No. 210929; July 29,
2015)
ii. Republic v. Sareñogon, Jr. (G.R. No. 199194; February 10,
2016)
jj. Republic v. Tampus (G.R. No. 214243; March 16, 2016)
kk. Republic v. Catubag (G.R. No. 210580; April 18, 2018)

B. Marriage

a. Falcis v. Civil Registrar General (G.R. No. 217910)

1. Requisites of marriage

ARTICLES 2-4
a. Republic v. CA and Castro (G.R. No. 103047; September 2, 1994)
b. Sy v. CA (G.R. No. 127263; April 12, 2000)
c. Sevilla v. Cardenas (G.R. No. 167684; July 31, 2006)
d. Silverio v. Republic (supra)
e. Cosca v. Palaypayon (A.M. No. MTJ-92-721; September 30, 1994)
f. Arañes v. Occiano (A.M. No. MTJ-02-1390; April 11, 2002)
g. Morigo v. People (G.R. No. 145226; February 06, 2004)
h. Alcantara v. Alcantara (G.R. No. 167746; August 28, 2007)
i. Nollora v. People (G.R. No. 191425; September 7, 2011)
j. Abbas v. Abbas (G.R. No. 183896; January 30, 2013)
k. Republic v. Albios (G.R. No. 198780; October 16, 2013)
l. Go-Bangayan v. Bangayan (G.R. No. 201061; July 3, 2013)
m. Kho v. Republic and Kho (G.R. No. 187462; June 1, 2016)

2. Exemption from license requirement

ARTICLES 27-34
a. Niñal v. Badayog (G.R. No. 133778; March 14, 2000)
b. Manzano v. Sanchez (A.M. No. MTJ-00-1329; March 8, 2001)
c. De Castro v. De Castro (G.R. No. 160172; February 13, 2008)
d. Dayot v. Dayot (G.R. No. 179474; March 28, 2008)
e. Carlos v. Sandoval (supra)
f. Santiago v. People (G.R. No. 200233; July 15, 2015)

3. Marriages solemnized abroad and foreign divorce

ARTICLES 21 and 26 (2)

a. Recio v. Recio (G.R. No. 138322; October 2, 2001)
b. Republic v. Iyoy (G.R. No.152577; September 21, 2005)
c. Republic v. Orbecido III (G.R. No. 154380; October 5, 2005)
d. Corpuz v. Sto. Tomas (supra)
e. Fujiki v. Marinay (G.R. No. 196049; June 26, 2013)
f. Medina v. Koike (G.R. No. 215723; July 27, 2016)

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g. Republic v. Manalo (G.R. No. 221029; April 24, 2018)

4. Void and voidable marriages

ARTICLES 36-41 – Void Marriages

a. Santos v. CA (G.R. No. 112019; January 4, 1995)
b. Chi Ming Tsoi v. CA (G.R. No. 119190; January 16, 1997)
c. Republic v. CA and Molina (G.R. No. 108763; February 13, 1997)
d. Marcos v. Marcos (G.R. No. 136490; October 19, 2000)
e. Dedel v. CA (G.R. No. 151867; January 29, 2004)
f. Tenebro v. CA (G.R. No. 150758; February 18, 2004)
g. Jarillo v. People (G.R. No. 164435; September 29, 2009)
h. Republic v. Hamano (G.R. No. 149498; May 20, 2004)
i. Antonio v. Reyes (G.R. No. 155800; March 10, 2006)
j. Najera v. Najera (G.R. No. 164817; July 3, 2009)
k. Ferraris v. Ferraris (G.R. No. 162368; July 17, 2006)
l. Paras v. Paras (G.R. No. 147824; August 2, 2007)
m. Ngo-Te v. Te (G.R. No. 161793; February 13, 2009)
n. Ting v. Velez-Ting (G.R. No. 166562; March 31, 2009)
o. Azcueta v. Republic (G.R. No. 180668; May 26, 2009)
p. Halili v. Halili (G.R. No. 165424; June 9, 2009)
q. Mendoza v. Republic (G.R. No. 157649; November 12, 2012)
r. Republic v. CA and De Quintos, Jr. (G.R. No. 159594; November
12, 2012)
s. Republic v. Encelan (G.R. No. 170022; January 9, 2013)
t. Kalaw v. Fernandez (G.R. No. 166357; January 14, 2015)
u. Viñas v. Viñas (G.R. No. 208790; January 21, 2015)
v. Mallilin v. Jamesolamin (G.R. No. 192718; February 18, 2015)
w. Republic v. Romero II (G.R. No. 209180; February 24, 2016)
x. Republic v. Pangasinan (G.R. No. 214077; August 21, 2016)
y. Castillo v. Republic (G.R. No. 214064; February 6, 2017)
z. Del Rosario v. Del Rosario (G.R. No. 222541; February 15, 2017)
aa. Tani-de la Fuente v. De la Fuente (G.R. No. 188400; March 8,
2017)
bb. Lontoc-Cruz v. Cruz (G.R. No. 201988; October 11, 2017)
cc. Singson v. Singson (G.R. No. 210766; January 8, 2018)
dd. Republic v. Tobora-Tionglico (G.R. No. 218630; January 11, 2018)
ee. Domingo v. CA (G.R. No. 104818; September 17, 1993)
ff. Atienza v. Brillantes (supra)

ARTICLES 45-47 – Voidable Marriage

a. Villanueva v. CA (G.R. No. 132955; October 27, 2006)

b. Almelor v. RTC (G.R. No. 179620; August 26, 2008)

C. Legal separation

ARTICLES 55-67
a. Siochi v. Gozon (G.R. No. 169900; March 18, 2010)
b. Quiao v. Quiao (G.R. No 176556; July 4, 2012)

D. Rights and obligations between husband and wife

ARTICLE 68
a. Ilusorio v. Bidner (G.R. No. 139789; May 12, 2000)

E. Property relations between husband and wife

1. General provisions

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2. Donations by reason of marriage
a. Arcaba v. Tabancura (G.R. No. 146683; November 22, 2001)
3. Absolute Community of Property
a. Nobleza v. Nuega (G.R. No. 193038, March 11, 2015)

4. Conjugal Partnership of Gains

5. Separation of property and administration of common property by one
spouse during the marriage
6. Regime of separation of property
7. Property regime of unions without marriage

F. Family home

G. Paternity and filiation

1. Legitimate children
2. Proof of filiation
3. Illegitimate children
4. Legitimated children

H. Adoption
1. Domestic adoption (RA 8552)
a. Who may adopt
b. Who may be adopted
c. Rights of an adopted child
d. Instances and effects of rescission
2. Inter-country adoption (RA 8043, as amended)
a. When allowed
b. Who may adopt
c. Who may be adopted

I. Support

J. Parental authority

K. Emancipation

L. Retroactivity of the Family Code