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I. INTRODUCTION TO THE CIVIL CODE A. Effect and application of laws. (Art.

15 and 17) (1-18 CC) Case: Tanada vs. Tuvera, 146 SCRA 446 B. Human Relations. (Art. 19, 20, 21 and 26) Case: Albenson Enterprise vs. CA, 217 SCRA 16 II. PERSONS A. Civil Personality i. Civil Personality 1. General Provisions (Art. 37, CC) a. Juridical capacity b. Capacity to act bi. Restrictions on capacity to act (Art. 38) bii. Circumstances modifying capacity to act (Art. 39) Cases: Standard Oil Co. vs. Arenas, 19 Phil. 363 Mercado vs. Espiritu, 37 Phil. 215 Bambalan vs. Maramba, 51 Phil. 417 Braganza vs. Villa Abrille, 105 Phil. 456 2. Natural Persons a. Commencement of civil personality (Art. 40, CC) b. Extinguishment of civil personality (Art. 42, CC) 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 III. THE CONSTITUTION AND THE REGULATION OF FAMILY RELATIONS A. The Family (Art. 15, 1987 Constitution) B. Policy of protection and government support to family. (Art. 2 Sec. 12, 1987 Constitution) C. Equal Protection. (Art. 2, Sec. 14: Article 2, Section 1, 1987 Constitution) 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) ii. Consent freely given Case: People vs. Santiago, 61 Phil. 68

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) 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 2. Marriages exempt from license requirement a. In articulo mortis (Art. 27, 29, 30, 31, 32) b. Remote locations (Art.28, 29, 30) c. Among ethnic groups (Art.33) d. Cohabitation for 5 years (Art.34) Case: Cosca vs. Palaypayon, 237 SCRA Manzano vs. Sanchez, AM no. MTJ00-1329, March 8, 2001 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 C. Effect of non-compliance with requisites. (Art. 4, Family Code) a. Absence of an essential requisite: void b. Absence of a formal requisite: void Exception: good faith (Art. 35.2) c. Defect in an essential requisite: voidable (Art.45) d. Irregularity in a formal requisite: Liablibility of person responsible for irregularity (Sec. 38, Act No. 3613) 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* E. Marriage solemnized outside the Philippines. (Art. 26) a. General rule: lex loci celebrationis b. Exceptions: Minority, bigamy/polygamy, mistake of identity, psychological incapacity, incest, public policy, same sex F. Divorce of a Filipino by an alien spouse. (Art. 26) Case: Tenchavez vs. Escano, 15 SCRA 25 Pilapil vs. Ibay-Somera 174 SCRA 653 (1989) Llorente vs. CA G.R. 124371, 23 November 2000

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: Republic vs. Nolasca, 220 SCRA 20 Republic vs.Matias-Dagdag, G.R. No. 109975 Republic, Santos vs. Bedia-Santos, 240 SCRA 20 Chi-Ming Tsoi vs. CA, 266 SCRA 324 Marcos vs. Marcos, G.R. No. 136490 Antonio vs. Reyes, G.R. No. 155880 Perez-Ferraris vs. Ferraris, G.R. No. 162368 Bier vs. Bier, G.R. No. 173294 Te vs. Te, G.R. No. 161793 viii. Incest (Art. 37) ix. Public policy (Art. 38) x. Catch-all: absence of any essential or formal requisite (Art.4) b. Prescriptive period of action/defense for declaration of absolute nullity (Art. 39 as amended by E.O 227 and by RA 8533) c. Judicial declaration of nullity (Art. 40) Cases: Domingo vs. CA 226 SCRA 572 Wiegel vs. Sempio-Diy 143 SCRA 499 Valdes vs. RTC, 260 SCRA 221 Nicdao Carino vs. Yee Carino, G.R. No. 132529 Mercado vs. Mercado, G.R. No. 137110 d. Bigamous marriage when prior spouse has been absent (Art.41) i. General rule on bigamous marriages (Art. 35.4) ii. Waiting period iii. Waiting period under extraordinary circumstances (Art. 391, CC) 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)

iii. iv. 45.4) v.

Fraud (Art.45.3) Force, intimidation, undue influence (Art.

Impotence (Art. 45.5) Cases: Jimenez vs. Canizares Menciano vs. San jose Sarao vs. Guevara 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 b. Persons entitled to file action for annulment (Art. 47) c. Prescriptive periods (Art. 47) d. Ratification (Art. 45.1, 45.2, 45.3) C. Common provisions: Effects a. Safeguards against collusion (Art. 48) b. Support and custody during pendency of action (Art.49) c. Application of Arts. 43.2, 43.3, 43.4, 43.5 and Art. 44 to marriages declared void ab ignition or annulled by final judgment under Art. 40 and 45 d. Delivery of presumptive legitimes (Art. 51) e. Recording requirement (Art. 52) f. Effects on children (Art. 54) g. Name and surname (Art.371)

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