CIVIL LAW REVIEW

Dean C. R. del Castillo

05 October 2017

1. Family Code of the Philippines, Title IV Property Relations Between Husband and Wife.
2. Family Code of the Philippines, Title I Marriage, Chapter 1 Requisites of Marriage, Article
26.
3. Family Code of the Philippines, Title IV Property Relations Between Husband and Wife,
Liquidation or Dissolution of Property Regime.
4. Civil Code of the Philippines, Chapter 2 Human Relations, Article 36.
5. Family Code of the Philippines, Title IV Property Relations Between Husband and Wife.
6. Family Code of the Philippines, Title I Marriage, Chapter 2 Marriages Exempted from
License Requirement.
7. Family Code of the Philippines, Title VI Paternity and Filiation, Chapter 4 Legitimated
Children.
8. Family Code of the Philippines, Title VI Paternity and Filiation, Chapter 4 Legitimated
Children, Article 182.
9. Civil Code of the Philippines, Title XIII Use of Surnames
10. Civil Code of the Philippines, Book III, Title IV Succession, Section 5 Legitime.

10 December 2015

1. Persons required to give consent to the adoption of a child.

2. Instances when a donation made in consideration of marriage be revoked.
3. Difference of Donation inter vivos and mortis causa. What are their formalities.
4. Change of name in administrative proceeding with Civil Registry Office.
5. Use of surname of wife. Can husband compel wife to use his surname.

01 October 2015

1. a. Family Code of the Philippines, Title VI Paternity and Filiation, Chapter 4 Legitimated
Children.
b. Family Code of the Philippines, Title VI Paternity and Filiation, Chapter 4 Legitimated
Children, Article 182.
c. Family Code of the Philippines, Title II Legal Separation.

2. a. Family Code of the Philippines, Chapter 3 Void and Voidable Marriages, Article 47.
b. Family Code of the Philippines, Chapter 3 Void and Voidable Marriages, Article 35.

3. a. Family Code of the Philippines, Section 4 Ownership, Administrative, Enjoyment and

Disposition of the Community Property, Article 96.
b. Family Code of the Philippines, Section 3 Charges and Obligations of the Absolute
Community, Article 94.
4. a. Family Code of the Philippines, Title I Marriage, Chapter 1 Requisites of Marriage, Article
26, Recognition of divorce.
b. Family Code of the Philippines, Title I Marriage, Chapter 1 Requisites of Marriage, Article
26, Capacity to Re-marry after divorce.

5. a. Family Code of the Philippines, Chapter 2 Marriages Exempted from License

Requirement, Article 29.
b. Family Code of the Philippines, Chapter 3 Void and Voidable Marriages, Article 45,
Grounds.

6. a. Family Code of the Philippines, Chapter 1 Requisites of Marriage, Article 18, Impediment
known to local civil registrar.
b. Recognition of Marriage celebrated outside of the Philippines.
c. Property Regime of Spouses who obtained their marriage in a foreign country.

7. a. Breach of Promise to Marry.

b. Donations made in consideration of the Marriage.

8. a. Who are allowed to impugn legitimate status of the children.

b. Changing status of a child from legitimate to an illegitimate child.

29 July 2013

1. a. Duty of Local Civil Registrar to issue marriage license.

b. Recognition of a marriage obtained in a foreign country.
c. Property regime of spouses who obtained their marriage in a foreign country.

2. a. Requirements of law regarding the capacity of individual to validly marry.

b. Requirements of law regarding the authority of solemnizing officer to the marriage.
c. Rules on the Property Relations/Regime between husband and wife.
d. Formalities of Donations made during the marriage.
e. Inheritance of a surviving spouse.

3. a. Breach of promise to marry.

b. Donations made in consideration of marriage. Requirement of returning said properties if
marriage did not take place.
c. Grounds for annulment of marriage.
d. Effect of Divorce obtained on a foreign country.

4. a. Property Regime between husband and wife.

b. Donation of a spouse to another person without the consent of the other spouse.
c. Status of marriage, if the spouses obtained the marriage from a mayor of another town.

5. a. Prejudicial question in an annulment case.

b. Bigamy.
c. Effect of annulment of former marriage to the subsequent marriage made.
6. a. Property Relations between husband and wife.
b. Need of marriage license in subsequent marriage.
c. Who are allowed to sue for the declaration of nullity of marriage.

7. a. Status of marriage whether void or voidable.

b. Status of marriage whether void or voidable.
c. Rule on parental authority in case of conflict between husband and wife.
d. Grounds for Legal Separation.
e. Liabilities of the Spouses’ Community Property.

25 July 2012

Part 1

1. Civil Code of the Philippines, Article 2.

2. Application of foreign laws, Article 17.
3. Breach of promise to marry and action to recover what was given in consideration of
marriage.
4. Domicile and residency upon birth of a person.
5. Criminal action for bigamy, will it prosper if 1st marriage does not have a marriage license.
6. Effect of obtaining divorce in a foreign country.
7. Commission of crime as a ground to annul a marriage.
8. Ground for the annulment of marriage that cannot be ratified.
9. Donation propter nuptias when revoked.
10. Liability of property regime of spouses in case of unpaid debts.
11. Obligations chargeable to the absolute community of property.
12. Dissolution of property regime between husband and wife.

Part 2

1. Parties allowed to institute a case to declare a marriage void ab initio.

2. When juridical capacity arises.

4 August 2011

MCQ Part

1. Civil Code of the Philippines, Article 15, Application of Law.

2. Article 80, System of Property Relations.
3. Article 17, Formalities required for transfer of properties.
4. Article 16, Successional rights.

Part II

1. Actionable wrong in breach of promise to marry.

2. Article 86, When can donation of condominium be revoked in breach of promise to marry.
3. Ground for terminating a marriage.
4. Property regime between husband and wife.

Part III

1. When juridical capacity arises.

2. Rules on presumption of death between two persons.
3. Article 32, Authority to solemnize a marriage.
4. Article 34, validity of marriage even without marriage license.

Part IV

1. Parties who may sue to declare a marriage null and void.

2. Step-brother and step-sister allowed to marry each other. Relationship that are beyond the
prohibition contemplated by law.
3. Effect of misdeclaration of age in marriage.
4. Properties covered by separate community of property (House and Lot, and Jewelry).

Part V

1. Prejudicial question in annulment cases.

2. Effect of annulment of first marriage to a second marriage conducted before said annulment.
3. Filiation of a child born in a marriage that was annulled.
4. Support in case of annulment proceedings.

Part VI

1. Property regime of husband and wife who live as husband and wife without a benefit of
marriage.
2. Who owns the properties contributed during said common law relationship.

2 August 2010

1. Persons allowed by law to institute a case to declare a marriage null and void.
2. Presumptive Legitime of children in case of termination of marriage of parents.
3. Prejudicial question in case of nullity of marriage.
4. Effect of nullity of marriage to donation made between spouses.
5. Grounds allowed by law for legal separation to pursue.
6. Family Code of the Philippines, Articles 147 and 148, property relations between the parties.
7. Instance when a property held by spouses are held under rules on co-ownership.
8. Filiation of child in case of subsequent marriage of his parent.
9. Effect of divorce granted in foreign country.

18 August 2009
1. a. Duty of Civil Registrar in issuing a marriage license.
b. Power of Civil Registrar to approve petition for administrative correction of entry of birth
certificate.
c. Is administrative correction of entry of birth certificate covered under rules of summary
proceedings under the Rules of Court.

2. a. Required capacity of parties to validly marry.

b. Powers/Authority of solemnizing officer in marriage.
c. Rules on Property Regime between husband and wife.
d. Formalities required by law to properties given as dowry.
e. Presumptive Legitime of children.

3. Rules when marriage license requirement may be dispensed with.

6 August 2007

1. Parties allowed by law to institute case for nullity of marriage and bigamy.
2. Jurisdictional facts that must be alleged in order that nullity of marriage may prosper.
3. Nature of absence of one spouse to allow the other spouse to remarry.
4. When may prejudicial question affect a case of nullity of marriage.
5. Grounds for legal separation.
6. Revocation of donations made in consideration of marriage.
7. Rules on liquidation of property regime between husband and wife.
8. Obligations covered by common assets of the property regime during the union.

21 January 2004

1. Rules on dissolution of property regime when one spouse died.

2. What debts are chargeable against the community property of husband and wife.
3. Who are allowed to bring a will into probate proceedings.
4. When is there a preterition of heir.
5. Power of the Court to determine respective shares of heirs in case a probate has been
instituted.

8 August 2001

1. Breach of promise to marry, instances when a court action may pursue in case of such
breach.
2. Nature of ante-nuptial agreement.
3. Persons allowed to sue for annulment of marriage.
4. Instances when requirement of marriage license may be dispensed with.
5. Can husband compel wife to give up her profession.