Case: Eigenman vs. Guerra (1964) 5 C.A. Rep.

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-Eduardo Eigenmann married Maryden Guerra on 1957.
-Two years later, Eigenmann filed an action to annul hismarriage withGuerra on the ground that he wasbetween
ages 16-20 at that time and his mother didnot give her consent to the marriage.
ISSUE:
void.

Wether or not there was parental consent, the absence of which could render the marriage

HELD:
Consent may be given in any form be it written, oral or even by implication. Eigenmanns
mother was present at the time of the celebration of marriage and did not object thereto, such that
consent can be gleaned from such act.
- Eigenmann is also estopped from asserting that he was a minor at the time of the marriage
celebration, having represented himself to be over 25 years of age