Q:Wha

tismar
riag
e? No ,becausethee xc
epti
onistha
tthepart
ie
sarea l
lowe
dto
st
ipulat
e,butonlya sreg
ardtowhatpr
oper
tyre
lat
ionswoul
d
Ar t
icle1.Mar riagei sas pecialcontractofpe r manent governtheparti
es.Thisi
stheonl
yaspe
ctofmar
ria
g et
hatca
n
union be tween a man and a woman e ntere
di nt
oi n bethesu bj
ectofsti
pul
ati
on.
accordanc ewi thl a
wf orthee s
tablis
hme ntofc onj
ugal
andf amilyl i
fe.Itisthef ounda t
ionoft hefami l
yandan Q:Wha twastha
tme an(pr
opertyrela
tion)
?
invi
olables oci
ali nsti
tuti
onwhos ena t
ur e
,c onsequences
, Thepropert
yregi
met hatwil
lgover
nintheirmarr
iag
e.
andi ncidentsar eg o
v er
ne dbyl a
w andno tsubjectto Q:I fyouhadaf al l
ingoutwi thy o
urhus band,andy ou
sti
pulation,exceptt hatmar riagesettl
eme ntsma yfixthe bothagreedtoexec uteanagr eementthateachofyouwi l
l
prope rt
yr ela
tionsdur i
ngt hemar riagewi t
hinthel i
mi t
s l
ivehis/
herownlife,wo uldthatagree
me ntbevali
d?
providedbyt hisCode . No.Itisnul
landv oid .I
tisnotvali
dbecauseiti
scontr
aryto
l
aw,parti
cul
arl
yAr t.1,FC.
Q:Soi t
’sacontr ac
t,butthelawsay
sit’
sas pec
ialcont
ract
.
Wha tmakesits ospeci
al? Q:Wha tar
etherequis
it
esf
orav
ali
dmar r
iage
?
I
ti sthefoundationoft hefamil
ya ndani nvi
olabl
esoci
al Theyar
edividedint
otwo.Thees
sent
ia
lrequi
si
te
sandt
he
i
nstit
uti
on.Thisiswh atma kesmarr
iag
etransgr
essthemere f
ormalr
equi
sit
es.
s
tatusofa n ordinar
yc ontr
act,a
nd nottheg enderofthe
contr
act
ingpart
ies. Q:Wha taret heessent
ialrequi
si
tes?
Art
.2.No ma rri
ageshallbev al
id,unle
sstheseess
enti
al
Ifyou wanttopointoutt hediffe
rencebetween asp
eci
al r
equi
s i
te
sa r
ep re
s e
nt:
cont
ract
s(mar
ri
age)fr
oma nor
dinarycont
rac
t,thenpr
oce
edto (1)Le galcapaci
tyofthecont
ract
ingpar
ti
eswhomus tbe
st
atethatint
hec ont
ractofma rria
geonlyme mber
softhe ama leandaf emale
;and
oppos
itese
xcancontr
actthesa
me . (2) Cons ent free
ly givenint he pr
ese
nce of the
sole
mniz i
ngoffic
er.
Q:Ca nyour e
scindamar riage?Cany oufil
eanact
ionf
or
re
sci
ssi
on on the ground t ha
ty ou alr
eady i
ncur
red¼ Q:Wha taret hef ormalr equis
ite
s?
l
osse
s? Ar t.3.Thef or ma lreq ui
sit
esofma rri
ageare:
No.I
tcannotbethesu
b j
ectofresci
ssi
on. (1)Aut horit
yoft hes ole
mni zin
goffice
r;
(2)Av ali
dma rr
ia gel i
censeexceptinthecase
sprovi
dedforin
Q:Cany oumakema r r
iag es ubjecttote rm orpe ri
o d?I ’
m Cha pt
er2oft hisTi t
le ;and
surey ou
’v eheardofp roposalst oma kema r
ria
g essub
jec tt
oa (3) A ma rr
iagec eremon y whicht a
kes pla
ce witht he
periodora nexpirat
iont erm,a ft
erthel a pseofwh i
c h,the appe a
ranc eoft hec ontrac
tingpa r
tie
sb efo
rethesol
emnizing
partie
ss hallbef r
e e
df r
om t hema ri
talbonds .Theya r
eno officera ndthe i
rpe rsona ldeclar
ati
onthattheyta
keeacho t
her
longerma rri
ed.Ac cordingt ot hepe oplewhoa r
epropos in
g, ashus ba nda ndwi fei nt hepr es
enceofno tl
essthantwo
thi
swoul dsavethepa rti
e sfrom t heexpe nseofa s
kingf oran wit nessesofle galag e.
annulme ntorajudici
alde clarationofnullity.
No ,becauseofthefoll
o win gr easons: Q:Le t’
st ackl
et he re
quisi
tes one by one
.Who a re
 Thel awi t
selfs a
y sitisas pecia
lc ontractof capacit
atedtomarry?
“permanent”uni on. Art.5.An yma l
eorf e
ma l
eoft hea g
eofe i
ght
eeny ea
rsor
 Thepa rt
iesareno ta ll
o wedtostipul a
teon upwardsno tunderany ofthe impediment
sme nt
ionedin
thenature
,cons eque nce s
,andinc identsofmarriage. Arti
cles37and38,maycontr
actmarri
age.

Theset
wor
eas
onsa
reba
sedont
hede
fini
ti
onofma
rri
age Q:So wha ta r
et hef acto
rst oconsi
derin dete
rmining
i
tse
lf
. capaci
ty?
 Ge nder(thepart
iesmustbemaleandfemal
e)
Q:Whatisthepur
poseofmar
riag
e?  Ag e(atleast18)
Fort
hee
stabl
is
hmentofc
onj
uga
landfa
mil
yli
fe.  Ab senceorpr esenceoflega
limpedimenttomarry
(
mus tnotbeundera nyoft
heimpedi
me nt
sment
ioned
Q:I sthisthesameobj ec
tiv
eweha dunde rtheNe w Civil i
nAr ts
.37a nd38)
Code(NCC) ?
No,b ef
ore,thepurposeofma rri
ageisp r
ocreat
ion,toha ve Q:Butifyoua r
eoft
heag
eof18t
o21,t
hel
aws
ti
ll
chi
ldre
n.Bu tthelaw hasbeena mended,whi c
hi ncl
udet he re
quir
es?
est
abli
shmentofc onj
ugalli
fe,beca
usetherea r
epe oplewho Par
ent
alc
ons
ent
wouldlik
etog etmarr
iedbutnothavechi
ldr
en,andt hatwould
notle
ssenthevali
dit
yofthema rr
iag
easpe r
ma nentunion. Ar t
.14.Inc a
s eeithe
rorbo t
hofthec ontra
ctingpa rti
es,not
havingbeenema ncipat
edb yap r
eviousma rr
iage,arebe t
we en
Q:Istheprohibi
ti
onagainstthes
ti
pulat
iononthena
tur
e, the ages of 18 a nd 21,t heysha l
l,ina ddit
ion t ot he
cons
equenc
es,andinc
identsofmarri
ageabsol
ute
? requir
ementsoftheprecedingart
icl
es,exhi
bittotheloc alcivi
l
regis
tr
ar,t
hec onsenttotheirmarr
iageoft hei
rfather,mo ther
,
survi
vingparentorguardia
n,orpersonsh a
vinglegalc hargeof
them, i nt he or der me nti
oned . Suchc onsent shall be Ifwea r
eg oin
gt oarguea longtheli
nesoftr
adit
ionorcust
oms,
ma nifest
e dinwr it
ingb yt heinte
r estedpa r
ty,whope rsona l
ly thatitistradi
tionalforFilipi
nostores
pectthei
re l
der
s,sot
hat
appe arsb efo
ret hep roperl
oc alci
vilr egi
stra
r,orintheform of ifwea r
eg oingtoe nterintothecont
rac
tofma rri
age,wehave
ana ffidavitma deint hepresenceoft wowi t
nesse
sa ndattested tog etpare nt
alc onsent,ho wcomewedon ’tapplythesa
me
beforea n yofficia
la uthori
zedb yl awt oa dmini
steroat
hs .The tra
dition to ordinary 18 na ,bakithindik o kai
lan
gann g
persona lma nifestati
ons hallbere cordedi nbotha ppl
ications parentalconsent?
forma r
riagel icense,a nd thea ffidavi
t,ifonei sexe cuted
ins
te ad,s hal
lbea ttachedtos ai
dappl i
cat
ions. Becaus
eit’
snotrea
ll
yjustt
hetr
adit
ionorcust
oms.Itg
oesto
t
hen at
ureofthecont
rac
tthatoneisente
rin
gi nt
owhe nhe
Q:Doe stherequir
e mentofpa r
entalconse
ntforpar ti
esof cont
rac
tsmarr
iag
e.
thea ge18to21t akeanyt hingfr
om t hefac
tt ha tunder
ordinaryc i
rcumstances
,s uch pe r
son isa lr
e ady ful
ly Q:Andwha tcontracti
st hat
?
capacit
ated? Acont
actofpermanentunion.Andt
heint
ent
ionoft
helawf
or
Thema rri
agewheree i
the
rpa r
tyofthea g
e18to21whoha s t
hepart
ie
st obeguidedbyt hei
rpar
ent
scanbeseenfro
mthe
notobtai
nedpare
ntalcons
entisnotv
oid,butonl
yv oidabl
e. r
equi
rementofpar
entaladvic
eforpa
rti
esa
bove21to25.

Tha t
’s my poi
nt.The a bs
e nce of the parent
alconsen
t An yc ontr
ac ti
ngpa rt
yb etweent heag eof21a nd25s hallbe
apparent
lyhasani mpa cton thev al
idity ofthemarri
age. obli
ge dtoa skthe i
rpa rentsorgua r
dianfora dvic
eupont he
Ho wever
,underordinar
yc a
se s
,in ordinarycontr
act
s,ifa int
ende dma r r
iage.Iftheydono tobtainsucha d
vice,orifitbe
personisaged18a nda bove,heisa l
re ad
yc onsi
der
edfull
y unfavorabl
e ,thema rri
agel i
censes hallnotbei s
suedtillaft
er
capacit
at
ed.Hemaya l
readyenterint
oc ontrac
tsw/opare
ntal thr
eemont hsf ol l
owingt hec ompl et
ionoft hepubl i
cati
onof
consent. theappl i
cationt heref
or.A swor ns t
atementb ythecontracti
ng
part
iest othee ffectthatsucha dviceh asbeensought,toget
her
Q:Wi llthi
srequir
e mentofparentalconsentforma r
riag
es withthewr itt
ena dvicegiven,ifan y
,s hal
lbea tt
achedt othe
contract
ed bypartiesaged18t o21t akeanyt hi
nga way appli
ca t
ion f or ma rr
iagel icense.Shoul dt he pa r
ents or
f
r om thefa
ctthatthes
epe rs
onsar efull
ycapac i
tat
edunder guardianrefus et og i
vea nya dvice
,th i
sfactshallbestatedin
t
hel aw?Doe si
tmakehi m anylesscapacitat
ed? theswor nsta t
eme nt.(Art
.15,FC)
No ,i
tdoesnotmakehima nyles
scapac i
tat
ed.
Reme mbe rwheny oug etma rr
ied,youa r
ema rri
edeveryday
,
Q:Sowhydoe shene ed parent
alc onsenttheni fhei s everymi nut
e,ever
ys econd,everyhour,ofy ourlives
.“Aft
era
contr
a ct
ingmar riage? year,kapagnaini
skas aasawamo ,
”y ou’
llstil
lbema r
ri
edto
Thisrequir
eme nthassomethingtodowi ththefactthatwhen him.Th atisthec onsequenceofma r
riag
e.“ Ma ta
kotkayosa
FCwa senact
ed,21wa ssti
lltheagewasma jori
ty,and18wa s wordnape rmanent.Talagangpe rmanentya n!”Plusthefac
t
theagef orma rr
iage,s
ot hattheageforma rr
iagewa slower thataFi l
ipi
noc a
nno tobtainadi v
o r
cewhe reverheg oes
.The
thanthea geforma j
ori
ty.Sot hi
sisinrecognit
ionth a
tatthe implica
tionist
hereisnoe scapin
gy ourma rr
ia g
e.
ageof18upt obe l
ow 21,thatper
soni snotreall
yy etful
ly
capac
itat
e d
. Thatiswhyparent
alcons
enti
sre
qui
red,i
nthehopetha
tthe
pare
ntswould beabletotal
ktotheirchi
ldr
enaboutthe
Ho we ver,thelawi sno ts ta
gna nt.Itwa smodi fied,asy ouall conse
quenc
esofma r
ri
age.
kno w,wi ththee nact
me ntofRA6809,whi c hlo weredthea ge
ofma jori
tyf r
om 21t o18.Fol lowi ngthelo gict hatweus eda Q:Wha ti
sthepur pos
eofparentalc
ons
ent?
whi lea go,t hatther e quir
e me ntofpa rentalc onsentisi n Toma k
ethec onse
ntperf
ect
,la
c kofitmaybec
ons
ide
reda
recogni t
ionoft heincapa ci
tyoft hei ndi
vidua lt
oma keli
feti
me vi
ti
at
ionofconsent
.
decision,wema y no ws ayt ha tthisno l ong erhol dstrue,
beca useunde rRA 6809,ape rs
on oft hea g e18 i sno w NOTE:Atta
inmentoft
here
qui
redmini
mumag
eforma
rri
age
cons ider
e dt o be fullyc apacitat
ed .“Be fore,21 pa yun g shoul
dber
eckone
dontheda
teofmar
ria
ge.
ma jorit
y.”Whe npa rentalc onse nti srequiredf orma rri
ages
involv i
ng pe rs
on a tt he a ge of18 t o be low 21,t hati s Q:Whatar
ethepossi
bleimpedime
ntstomarri
age?
unde rsta
nda ble
,bec a
us ea tthattime ,bel
ow21i ss ti
llaminor. (1)Art
.37(i
ncest
uousma r
ri
age
sconsi
der
edvoid)
Ho we ver,thela wh asbe enc han ged,thea geofma jori
tyha s (2)Art
.38(voi
dma rr
iag
esbyreas
onofpubl
icpol
icy)
.
beenl o
we r
e dto18.
Ar t
.37.Mar riag
esbe t
we enthefoll
owingareinces
tuous
Q:Ho w willthisimpac tor affe
ctthe r
equire
mentof and voidf rom t he beginning,whe t
herr el
ati
onship
pare
ntalconsentunde rFC? Ca n weno ws aytha
tthe betweenthepar t
iesbelegit
ima t
eorill
egi
ti
ma t
e:
re
quireme
ntma ybedispe
nsedwith? (1)Betweenas ce
ndantsa ndde sce
ndantsofanyde gre
e;
No.Par
ent
alconsents
ti
llca
nnotbedispe
nse
dwi t
h. and
(2)Betweenbr ot
he r
sands i
ster
s,whetherofthefullor
[
Theonere
cit
inginv
okest
radi
ti
ona
mon
gFi
li
pinof
ami
li
es halfbl
ood.(81a)
a
ndre
spe
ctf
orpare
nts
.] Ar t
.38.Thef oll
owingma r
riagesshal
lbevoidfrom the
beginningforr easonsofpubl i
cpolicy: ↓↓
(1)Be t
weenc ollateralbloodr el
ativ
e swhe therlegit
ima t
e CCOUSI
N
oril
legiti
ma t
e ,upt othef ourthcivi
lde gree; ↓↓
(2)Be t
weens tep-par e
ntsands t
ep-childr en; C1C2
(3)Be t
weenpar ents-i
n-lawa ndchildr en-in-l
aw;
(4)Be t
weent headopt ingpar entandt headopt edc hil
d; Q:Wha twoul
dbet herel
ati
ons
hipbe
twe
enC1a
ndC2?
(5)Be t
weent hes urvivings pouseoft headopt i
ngpa re
nt A:The
ya e2ndc
r ous
ins.
andt headopt edc hil
d;
(6)Be tweent hes urvivings pouseoft headopt e dc hi
ld Q:Ca ndCOUSI
Nar
e?
andt headopt er; A:1stc
ous
ins
.
(7)Be t
we e
nanadopt edc hil
da ndal egiti
ma t
ec hildof
the a dopter; Q:Sothepr ohibi
ti
onag
ains
tma
rri
agewi
llbeupt
o?
(8)Be t
weenadopt edc hi
ldrenoft hes amea dopter;and _____________
(9)Be tween par tie
swhe reone ,wi tht hei nte
nt i
ont o
mar rytheo t
he r,kill
edt hatotherpe rso n'
ss pouse,orhis Q:Wha taboutC1a ndC2?
orhe rowns po use. The yc anma rr
y,becaus
et heirrel
at
ionshi
pisbe yondthe4th
civildegree
.
NOTE:The impedime
ntsr
efe
rtot
he r
ela
ti
ons
hip oft
he Ar t
.38( 9)sta
testhatmarriagesbetweenpart
ieswh er
eone ,
cont
rac
ti
ngpa
rti
es. wi t
ht heint
enti
ontoma r
ryt heother
,kil
ledtha
totherpers
on’s
spous e or h i
s or he ro wn spouse,s hal
l be v oi
d.
Q:Whe ndoy ouha veas i
sterorabr o
theroft hehal
f- Thel aws ayswiththein
tentiontoma r
ry“ t
heother”,a
ndno t
bloo
d? j
us t“another
”.Itca
nnotbejus ta
nyotherper
son.
Therei
sahal
f-
bloodrela
tionshi
pwhe nt
hesi
blin
gsshar
eonl
y
onecommonpar
ent,e
itherthefat
herort
hemother
. Q:Wha tabo
utstep-br
o t
herandste
p-s
ist
er?
Theyc
a nmar
ry.Theyarenotamon
gthoseprohi
bit
edt
oma
rry
Ful
lbl
oodme
anst
hatt
heyha
vet
hes
ames
etofpa
rent
s. eac
hother
.

Art.38(7)st
a t
esthatthema r
ria
geb et
we enana dopt
edc hi
ld Q:Hasthisal
waysbeent
hecas
e?Hasthi
sal
waysbe
enthe
andalegiti
ma t
echildoftheadopt
ershallbevoi
d.Re membe r
, rul
e?
t
hec hil
doft headopte
rma ybelegi
timateorill
egit
imate
.The No.Underol
dr ul
e,unde
rtheNCC,st
ep-
bro
the
randst
ep-
l
aws peaksonlyofthelegi
ti
ma t
echi
ldrenoftheadopter
. si
st
erca
nnotmarr
y.

Art.38(5)s t
atest hatthema rr
iag
ebe t
weenthesurvi
ving Q:Soift hemar ri
ag ebet
weenas tep-
brotherandas t
ep-
spouseofthea doptingparenta
ndtheadopt
edchi
ldshal
lbe s
ist
er was c ontr
actedi n 1978,wha t happens t
ot he
void.Ther eversei str
ue .UnderArt
.38(6),t
hema rr
iage marri
ages i
ncethes ameisnow all
owedunde rthepres
ent
betweenthes urvivi
ngs pouseoftheadopt
edchi
ldandt he l
aw?
adopte
rshallbev oid
. I
tisst
illvoid,beca
usema rr
iage
sareg o
ver
ne dbythelawat
t
heti
met heywe r
econtra
cte
d.
Ify
ounoti
ce,a
lloft
heseimpedi
ment
sunde
rAr
t.38a
reb
ase
d
onther
ela
ti
onshi
pofthepar
ti
es. Adopte
dpa r
entsandc hil
dre
n,steppar
ent
sa ndstepc
hil
dren,
eve
nt hough notbl ood re
lat
iv
esa r
e prohib
ite
dt o marry
Ar t
.38( 1)s t
atesthatma rri
agesbe t
wee ncoll
ater
alb lood bec
ause
rela
ti
ons,whe therleg
iti
mateorille
git
imate,uptothe4th c
ivi
l Thei
rrela
ti
onshi
pa pproxi
ma t
esaspar
enta
ndc hil
dorbrot
hers
degree
,s hal
lbev oid.Thelaws ays“upto”,not“wit
hin”,the orsi
st
ers.
4thci
vildegr
e e.
Q:Whoi sy
o urr e
lati
veofthe4thci
vildegree
? Q:Theconse
ntrequire
dunde rArt
.2(2)ist
hecons
entby?
My1s tcousin. Cons
entb
ytheparti
es,a
ndinsomecase
s ,whe
nthepar
tyisof
ag
e18to21,cons
entofthepa
rent
s.
Q:Andy our2
ndc ousi
nisy
our
?
A:6thde
gre
ere
lat
iv
e . Q:Whati
sthechar
act
eri
st
icoft
hec
ons
entt
obegi
ven?
I
tmus
tbefr
eel
ygive
n.
Q:Whoi sy
our2ndde
gre
ecous
in?
Chi
ldofmymother
’sc
ous
in. Q:Wha tdoes“fre
elygi
ven”me an?
The
reshoul
dbenov i
ceofcons
e nt
.Ther
eshoul
dbenof
raud,
I
LLUSTRATI
ON: f
orc
e,i
ntimidat
ionandunduei
nflue
nce.

GRANDP
ARENTS Q:Wha tifthepartywass uffe
ringfrom doubts?Wha ti
f
GP thecontract
ingpartydoesn’treall
ywa nttog e
tmar ri
ed?
DA Hewa scryin
gt hr
oughoutt
hec ere
mon y
.Hewa sa tacr
isi
sin
hisl
ife
.Att hev e
rylastminutehewa snotsurewh e
therhe
wantedtogetma r
rie
d .Hef eel
sliket
hismarr
iag
ei swr ong
. Mayor
sar
eno
taut
hor
ize
dtos
ole
mni
zema
rri
age
sun
dert
he
Whatkindofconsenti srequir
ed?Yousai
ditmustbef ree
ly FC.
gi
ven.Inthiscase,from thel oo
ksofit,i
twa sreluc
tant
ly
gi
ven.Ifyous eereluctanc
eont hepar
tofthec ontr
acti
ng Q:Whe r
edidthe
ygett
heirauthor
ity
?
pa
rty,woul
dthatnegateconsent
? Unde
rtheLoca
lGove
rnmentCode(LGC)
No.
Sofrom t
het
imeoft heeffe
cti
vit
yofFConAu g.3,1988upto
Q:Wha tistheess
enceofvi
ti
atedconse
nt? theti
meoftheeffe
ctivi
tyofLGConJ an.1,1992,ma y
orsdo
I
tistant
amounttoabs
enceofcons
ent,be
caus
ey ourc
onsenti
s nothavet
heaut
horit
yt osol
emnizemar
ri
ages.
s
upplant
edb ythatpers
onwhoi scommitt
ingthev i
cesof
cons
entagai
nsty
ou. Ta
keno
teoft
heg
apbe
twe
enAu
g1988a
ndJ
an1992.

I
fther
ei sme r
er e
luct
ance,thatme ansthatther
ei ssti
ll (
May
or’
saut
hor
it
yar
ebe
inge
xpl
oit
edf
orpol
it
ic
alpu
rpos
es)
c
onse
nt,andwhati
smore ,i
tisyourconse
nt.I
tma ybeaga
inst
y
ourbett
e rj
udgment,yourprinci
ples,butthefactisyou Q:Whoar et
heseincumbe
ntme mber
softhejudi
ci
ary
a
gre
ed,youcons
ent
ed,andthelawwi l
lnotcometoyourai
d. aut
hori
zedtos
olemni
zemarri
age
?
Theju
sti
cesofSC,CA,SB,CTA a ndt
hej
udgesofRTC,
Q:Howi sconse
ntmanifes
ted? MeTC,MCTCa ndMTCC.
Thecontr
act
ingpart
iesa
ppea rbe
for
ethesol
emniz
ingoffice
r
andpers
onall
yde c
lar
ethattheytak
eeachothe
rashusba nd Q:Thel aws a
yst he
y mustbe“ i
ncumbent
” me
mbe
rs.
andwif
e. Whatdoest
hismean?
The
ymu s
tbeinact
iv
es e
rvi
cei
nthej
udic
iar
y.
Q:Aret
her
eany s
pec
ificf
orms
? Ar
ethe
reany magi
c
wo
rds
? Q:Ar ethereanylimitationsintheirauthori
tytosolemni
ze
No
. mar ri
age?Whe rema yt heyexerci
setheirauthori
ty?
Withinthec ou
rt’
sj ur
isdict
ion.Ho wever
,whe nwes pe
akof
Q:Wha tiftheparti
esdidno ts
ay“Ido”?Bec
aus
esome jus
ti
c e
sofSC,CA,CTA,t heirj
uris
dict
ionwoul dbetheent
ir
e
pe
oplewoul
dr a
thersa
ytheiro
wnv ows,a
ndn
owhe
rei
nthe
se Phil
ippi
nes,ornat
ional
.
ki
lomet
ri
csta
tementswil
lyoufind“Ido”.
Therest
ri
ct
ionwouldbecomepe rt
ine
ntwhenwespea
kofthe
Solon
gastheesse
nceofthes
tat
ement,orev
enthea
ctsoft
he aut
hori
tyofthetr
ialcour
ts,beca
usethe
iraut
hor
it
ywoul
dbe
par
ti
eswi
llindi
cat
etha
ttheya
recons
entin
gtothemar
ria
ge. l
imite
dtotheirt
err
it
oria
ljuris
dic
ti
on.Thus
,aQCRTCj udge
canonl
ysolemni
zema rr
iag
e si
nQC.
AUTHORI
TYOFTHESOLEMNI ZINGOFFI
CER
st
(1 FORMALREQUI
SITE) Q: Wha ti fthere was a wr i
tt
enr eques
tf rom t he
contr
acti
ng part
iesf or the marr
iageto be cel
e br
ated
Q:Whoi sa
uthori
zedtos
ole
mnizemar
riage
? els
ewherethi
sisallo
we d.ButtheywantaMaka tijudgeto
Thos
eenumera
tedunde
rArt
.7,FC,a
ndMayors
. sol
emnizeinPasi
g .Woul dthewrit
tenre
questtheMaka t
i
Judgetosol
emnizema rri
ag ei
nPasi
g?
Ar t
.7.Mar riag ema ybes olemnizedby : No.
(1)Anyi ncumbe ntme mberoft hej udiciarywi thint he
court'sjur i
sdiction; Ar t
.8.Themar riageshal
lbes olemni zedpubl ic
lyi nthe
(2)Anypr i
est,r abbi ,imam,ormi nisterofanyc hurch chambe rsofthej udgeori no penc our t,inthec hurch,
or r eli
gious se ctdul y author i
zed by hi sc hur ch or chape lort e
mpl e,ori nt heofficet hec o
nsul-ge neral
,
reli
giouss ecta nd r egis
tered witht he civilr egis
trar consulor vi ce
-consul,ast he c ase ma y be ,and no t
gener al
,ac t
ingwi thi nt helimitsofthewr it
tena uthority els
ewhe re,exceptinc asesofmar riag escontracte don
grant edbyhi sc hur chorr eli
giouss ectandpr ovi
de dthat thepoi ntofde ath orinr e
mo t
epl acesi n accor dance
atl easto neoft hec ontractingpar t
iesbe longst ot he withAr ti
cle29oft hi
sCode ,orwhe rebo thofthepar ti
es
solemni zi
ngo fficer '
sc hur chorr el
igiousse ct
; requestthesolemni z
ingoffic
erinwr itinginwhi chc ase
(3)Anys hi
pc apt ainorai rplanec hiefo nl
yi nt hec ase themar ri
agema ybes olemnizeda tahous eorpl ace
me ntionedi nAr ti
c le31; desi
g nate
dbyt hemi nas worns t
a te
me nttothate ffect
.
(4)Any mi li
tar yc ommande r ofa uni tt o whi cha
chapl ai
ni sassigne d,i nthea bsenceoft hel atter
,dur ing Theri
gh tofthepar t
iestor e
questfort
hesolemnizat
ionoft he
a mi li
tary ope r ation, l i
kewise onl yi n t he c ases marr
iagei n pla
ceso thert hanthosespec i
fie
di n Ar t
.8 is
me ntioned in Articl
e 32; l
imit
edb yther eq
ui r
eme ntthatthesolemni z
ingofficer
,the
(5)Anyc onsul- gene ral,consulorvi ce -
consuli nthec ase j
udge he r
e,c an onl ys ol
emnizing marri
a ge
s wit hi
n his
provide dinAr t i
c l
e10.( 56a) t
err
it
orialjuri
sdic
tion.Hema yallowedtosolemnizema rri
age
i
n diffe
rentpl ace bu ti tmus tbe wi thi
n hi ste rr
it
ori
al
j
uri
sdict
ion.
 i
nst
eadnai s
albangpil
otyungl
ahatngpa
sahe
ro,ehikas
alna
Q:Wha thappensifthejudgesole
mni z
esmar r
iag
eo uts
ide l
angsil
angda l
awa.
”Wi l
ltha
tcl
assi
fyasanins
tancewhere
in
hisjuri
sdict
ion? t
heair
planechie
fisaut
hor
ize
dtosole
mniz
eama rri
age
?
Thema rr
iagewould bec onsi
dere
dv oid.I nthee xample
,
beyondMa kat
i,t
hejudgenolongerhasauthori
tytosol
emnize No,be
caus
einthi
sc as
e,the
reisonlydang
erofdeat
h.Her
e,
ma rr
iag
e.Thereisnowa bse
nceofa ut
hori
ty,whichwil
lma ke de
athmaybece
rta
in,deat
hma ybeconce
ive
d,butt
heyar
enot
thema rri
age nul
la nd v
o i
d.Thisi sabs e
nce ofaf ormal ye
tdyi
ng.
requi
rement.
Q:Wha tdoe sthelawrequir
ethe
n?
Unfortunat
ely
,t her
ea rep r
onounce me nt
s of SC t hatt he Ei
therofthec ont
rac
ti
ngpa r
ti
esmustbea
tthepoi
ntofdeat
h,
cel
ebrati
onofma rr
iagesbyj ud gesout s
ideoftheirterri
tori
al whic
hme a nsthatei
the
rpa rt
ymustbemo r
tal
lywounde
dor
jur
isdict
ion i
same r
ei rr
e gular
ityt hatdoesno ta ffe
ctt he ac
tual
lydying.
val
idityofthema rr
iage.Butwea r
eno treq
uir
edtota kethisas
pre
va i
lin
gj uris
prudence on t he ma tte
r,be c
auset hesea re Q: Wha t ar et he r equireme nts before a mi li
tary
administ
rat
ivec as
es,whe ret hei ssuei sno trel
atedt ot he commanderma ys olemnizemar riageunde rAr t
.7(4),in
val
idityofthema rri
age,andt hesesta t
eme nt
sareme reobi t
er rel
ati
ontoAr t.32?
dic
tum.Wewou l
dsticktothec le
arreq ui
rementsofthelaw. (1)Hemu stbeami l
it
aryc omma nderofaunitt
owhi cha
(Bl
a ckNa z
arenesectcase) chaplainisassi
gned.
(2)Hei sac ommi ssi
onedofficer
Q:Ma yconsul-
gener
als,consul
s,orvi
ceco
ns ul
sso
lemni
ze (3)Thec haplainisabsent
marr
iagesinthePhil
ippines? (4)Thema rri
ageisonei narticul
omor t
is
No,t
heyc a
nonl ysol
emni z
ei nt
hefore
igncount
ryi
nwhich (5)The ma rr
iage wa ss olemnized duri
ng a milit
ary
t
heywereassi
gned. operat
ion,wi t
hinthez oneofmi l
itar
yoperat
ions
(6)Thema rri
agema ybebe t
we enme mbersofthear
me d
Ar t. 31. A mar ri
agei n art
iculo mor t
is be
tween for
cesorc ivil
ians.
passengersorcrewme mbersmayal s
obes ol
emnize
dby
as hipcaptai
norbyana irpl
anepilotnotonlywhi
lethe Ag
ain,t
hema
rri
agehe
remu
stbei
nar
ti
cul
omor
ti
s.
shipi satseaortheplaneisinflight,butals
oduring
stopoversatpor
tsofcal
l. Art.32.A mi li
tar yc ommande rofa unit
,who isa
commissi
onedo fficer
,s hal
ll i
kewi
sehaveauthor
ityto
So the a
uthori
ty ofshi
pc apt
ainsa nd a
irpla
ne chi
efst o sol
emnizemar r
iag esinar t
icul
omor t
isbe
tweenpers
ons
sol
emnizema r
ri
ageisnotl
imite
dt othedur
ationofthefli
ght wit
hinthezoneofmi li
taryo per
ati
on,whe
the
rme mbers
orvoya
ge. ofthearmedforce sorc i
vil
ians
.
The ma r
ri
agesr ef
err
edto unde r Art
.31 ma y bet
we en
pas
senger
sorcrewme mber
s. Q:Wha tki nd ofmarri
ag e
smaythe me
mbe
rsoft he
j
udici
arysol
emnize?
Accor
dingt
oMa ’
am S,walana
ma ndawibangt
aoinsi
dethe Allmarr
iage
s,whetheror
dinar
yma
rri
age
sormarr
iag
esin
shi
p orpla
ne.Ifyoudo notfal
lunderthecat
egory ofa ar
ti
cul
omor t
is.
pas
senge
rorcr
ewme mber
,youar
eeit
herafis
horabir
d.☺
Q:Wha taboutpr
iest
s,r
abbi,i
mam ormini
st
ers
?
The reisani nc
onsi
ste
ncyb et
weenArt
.7(3)
,whichus esthe Allmarri
age
s,whetherordi
nar
ymarri
age
sorma rr
iag
esi
n
ter
m“ air
plane chi
ef”,and Art
.31,which us
est he te
rm ar
ti
cul
omor t
is.
“ai
r pl
anep i
lot”
.Thereca nbemorethanonepilo
t,butt he
authori
tytos ol
emnizema r
ri
ageisv
est
edtothechief,orthe Q:Whataboutc
ons
ul-
gener
als
,cons
uls,orvi
cec ons
uls
?
onei ncha
rgeoftheplane
. Al
lmar
ria
gesint
hec
ountr
ytowhicht
heya r
eas
signed.

Thema r
ri
ageall
owe
dint
hes
ein
sta
nce
sisama
rri
agei
n Q:Wha ta
boutshipcapt
ainsorai
rpl
anec
hie
fandmi
li
tar
y
ar
ti
cul
omorti
s. commanders
?
Marr
iag
esinart
ic
ulomort
is
.
Q:Wha ti
samar r
iagei
nartic
ulomort
is
?
Iti
sama r
ri
agewher
einoneofthec
ont
rac
ti
ngpa
rti
esi
satt
he VALI DMARRIAGELI
CENSE
poi
ntofdea
th. (2ndFORMALREQUISI
TE)

Q:Wha ti st he funct
ion oft
he s
ole
mni
zing offic
eri
n Q:Whatist
hesecondf
ormalr
equi
si
te
?
marri
agesinar t
iculomort
is? Val
idma
rri
agel
ic
ense.
The
yd e
terminelegalca
paci
ty
Q:Whati
sthepur
pos
eoft
her
equi
reme
ntofamar
riag
e
Forex
ample,“yunger
opla
no,humint
oyungma ki
na,s
oyung l
ic
ens
e?
dal
awang mag
- s
weet
hear
t,makasa
ril
i,pi
nil
ityungpil
otna
Its
ymbolize
stheinvol
vementoftheSta
teinthemarr
iag
e.I
tis art i
cles,thesolemnizingofficershallstat
einanaffidavi
t
byvir
tueoftheli
censet
hatthepart
iesa
reall
owedbytheSt
ate exe cuted beforethel ocalc ivilregist
raroranyo t
her
togetmarri
ed.Itisals
otoa ll
owt heSta
tet ode
ter
minethe per sonl egal
lyaut horiz
edt oadmi ni
ste
roa t
hstha tthe
par
ti
es’le
galcapa
citi
es. mar riagewaspe r
forme dinar ti
culomor ti
sort hatthe
res i
de nce of eit
he r party,s pe ci
fyi
ng the barrio or
Q:Wha tar et hee xe
mpt i
onsf r
om t her equire
me ntof bar ang ay,iss ol ocatedt ha tt hereis no me ans of
mar
riag
el icense? trans portati
on t o e nable s uch par ty to appe ar
(1)Ma rriagesina r
tic
ulomor t
is per sonallybe f
oret helocalc ivilregis
trarandtha tthe
(2)Ma rriageswhe r
ee it
herpa rtyresidesi n ar emote officertookt henece s
sarystepst oas c
ertai
ntheag e
sa nd
placet hatt hereisno me ansoft ranspor
tati
on to relationshipoft hec ontr
ac ti
ngpar ti
esandt heabsence
enables uc h part
yt oa ppearpe r
sona ll
yb eforethe ofl egalimpe di
me nttothemar riage.
localcivilre
gistra
r
(3)Ma rriagesamon gMus li
msora mongme mber
soft he Art.34.Nol icenseshallbene c e
ssaryfort hema rri
ag eof
ethnicculturalcommunities amanandawomanwhoha velivedt o
g et
herashus band
(4)Pa r
tiesha v
el i
vedtoget
he rashusbanda ndwifeforat andwi fef ora tleastfiv eyearsandwi thoutanyl e
g al
least5y earswi t
hnol eg
a limpedime nttoma rryeach impedi me nt to mar rye acho t
he r.The c ontra ct
ing
other parti
e ss halls tatethef ore
g oi
ng f act
si n an affidavit
bef
o r
e any pe rson aut hori
z ed by lawt o admi nis
te r
Q:Wha thappe nsi
fthemar riageiscontr ac
tedwi t
ho uta oat
hs .Thes ol
e mnizi
ngoffic ershallalsostateundero ath
li
censeon accountofthef actt hatoneoft hepar ti
esis thatheas certainedthequal ifica
tionsoft hecontra ct
ing
dying,andtha tpart
ys urvi
ves?Ar et heyr equir
edt og e
t parti
e saref oundnol eg alimpe dimentt othemar riage.
mar r
iedagai
n?
No.Thema r
ri
a geisval
id.Art.27s ta
tet h
a tthesames hal
l Butt hisr e
quir
e mentonlyappli
e sto marr
iagesina r
tic
ulo
re
ma i
nv al
idevenift
heaili
ngpartysubsequentl
ys ur
viv
es. morti
s ,toma rriag
eswhe retheparti
esarel i
vin
gi nremote
plac
es,a ndr a
ti
ficat
ionofma ri
talcohabi
tat
ion.Int
ere
sti
ngly
,
Art.27.Incaseeithe
rorbo t
hofthecontrac
tingparti
es suchr equir
eme ntisno timposed upon as hi
pc apt
ain
,a n
area tt he point of dea
th,the marriage ma y be air
planec hi
efandami li
tar
ycomma nder.
sol
emni ze
dwi t
ho utnece
ssi
tyofamar ri
agelicens
eand
shallremainval
ide ve
ni ft
heail
ingpart
ys ubsequent
ly Q:Whyi sthis
?
surviv
es. It
’sno tjustbecauseoft her eq
u i
rementt hatthes ol
emniz
ing
offic
era ppearbeforethec i
vi lregi
stra
rt oe xecutethesworn
Art
.28.I ft
her esidenceofei
therpartyissolocat
e dthat state
me nt,becausetha tcant akep l
acea f
ter.Itisa l
sonot
t
hereisnome ansoft r
a ns
porta
tiontoenablesuchpar ty bec a
useoft heeme rgencytha tsomeonei sd ying
,be ca
usethi
s
t
oappe arpe rsonall
ybe fo
rethel o
calci
vilregi
strar,the isa l
sotrueastotheo therofficer
ssolemni zi
n gart
icul
omortis
,
marri
ag e may be s olemniz
ed wi t
houtne ces
sit
y ofa andy ettheyarerequir
e dt
oe x ec
utetheaffidavit
.
marri
ag eli
cense.
Q:Wha tisr equiredoft hes epe opl
etos ayint heswor n
Q:Wha tisc ontemplated byAr t.28i ns ayingtha tthe statementoraffida vi
t?
partiesl i
vei ns uch ar emote placetha tt herei s no Tha thea scer
tainedtheq ua l
ificat
ionsoftheparti
esandt hei
r
transportat
ion? Re me mber,thesear emode rnt i
me s.It lac
kofa nylegalimpedime ntbe tweenthem.
impos si
bletoe nvi
sionapl acewhe rethereisnome ansof No w,i fhei ss olemnizi
ngama rriag
eb et
we encivi
lia
nsor
transportat
iona tal l
.The re arec arabaos .The r
e ar e me mbe r
soft hea rmedforc esorbe t
weenp a
ssenge
rsandc rew
ho r
ses.Woul dn’tthisquali
fyasme ansoft ransport
ation? me mbe r
s,c hancesa re he do esn
’tkn owt hes
e peoplea nd
Wha tdoesthelawme an? neitherdot hepe oplep resent,be causethes
ea repract
icall
y
It
’sno treal
lyimpossibil
it
yora bs
oluteabsenceo fanyme ans str
an ge
rs.Ori tma yalsoha ppe nthatnoonee ls
eisa r
ound.In
oftransport
ati
on,buti twouldbehi ghl
yinc on
v eni
entforthe whic hcase,hewi llnothavea n yb asi
stosaythatt
hisreal
lyis
parti
estot r
avel,sa
y ,aboar
dt hehorseorc ara
ba ofor2or3 theirages,t
hattherereal
lyi snoi mpe di
mentb e
tweenthem.
days.
Sowh ati
st hepoi ntofs t
a t
ingt he s
et hingsunderoa t
hwhe n
Q:I fthemar riagewase x
empte df rom ther e
quir ementof thereisnoc ertai
nt ya stot heirtruth?Wha t’
st hepo intof
a mar ri
agel icens
e, would t he re be any addi ti
onal askinginformationf r
om t hes epe oplewhoma yorma yno t
requir
e mentont hepartofthesol emnizi
ngoffice
r ? kno wthetruth?Whe r
e a
s,or dinarilythe r
ea r
ethep art
ies,and
Hei sr equi
redt oexecut
ea na ffidavi
t,stat
ingth atheh as therear
eth eseo t
he rpeople,whi chi su suall
ytheca s
e,theyare
sole
mni zedthema rr
iageinart
iculomor t
is,marri
a geswhere gather
eda roundy ou ,therea repe oplehec ana s
k,“ila
n gtaon
t
hepa rtiesa r
el i
vinginr e
mo t
epl aces
,a nd rat
ific
ati
on of nahobai to?”,“ aretherea nyl ega limpe di
me nts
?”Andt hen
ma r
it
alc ohabi
tati
on,andthatheh asdeterminedth eagesof exacti
ngt hati nfor mati
on,he c ann o wc l
ai
mt hathe ha s
t
hepa rt
iesandthea b
senceofanyle gali
mpe di
me nt
s. ascert
aine
dt heirq uali
fic
ati
onst oge tma rri
ed.

Ar
t.29.I
nthec
ase
spr
ovi
dedf
ori
nthet
wopr
ece
ding
Nowlet
’sg
otot
heni
tt
y-gr
it
tyofa
ppl
yin
gforama
rri
age
l
ic
ens
e. Ar t.12.Thel o calcivilr egistrar,uponr eceivings uch
appl i
c ati
on,shal lrequi rethepr es
entat
ionoft heor i
ginal
Q:Whe redoyoua pplyforali
cens
e? birthc ert
ific
at esor ,i n defaul tthere
of,thebapt is
mal
Localci
vilr
egi
str
aroft hecit
yormunic
ipa
li
tywhe
ree
ithe
r certificat
esoft hec ont ract
ingpar ti
esorc opie sofsuc h
cont
rac
ti
ngpart
yhabitual
lyre
side
s. doc ume ntsdul ya tt
estedbyt hepe r
sonsha vingc ustody
oft heor iginals.The sec ertificate
sorc ert
ifie
dc opie
sof
Ar t
.9.A mar ri
ageli
ce ns
eshallbei ss
ue dbythelocal thedoc ume ntsbyt hisAr ticl
ene ednotbes wor nt oa nd
civi
lregist
rarofthecityormuni cipali
tywhe r
eeither shallbee xemptf rom t hedoc ume ntaryst
ampt ax.The
contrac
tingpar
tyhabitual
lyre
sides,excepti
nma rr
iages signa tureand o ffici
alt itl
eoft hepe rs
oni ssuing the
whe r
enol ic
ens
eisrequiredi
nac c
or dancewithChapter certificat
eshal lbes uffici
entpr oofofit
sauthent ici
ty.
2ofthisTitl
e.
Ife i
the roft hec ontracti
ngpar tiesi sunabl et opr oduc e
Thec ont
ract
ingpar
tie
sneednotber
esi
din
ginthesamepla
ce, hisbi r t
horbapt i
smalc ert
ificateorac ertifie
dc opyof
beca
us et he law says
,“ wher
ee i
thercontr
act
ing pa
rty eit
he rbe ca useoft hede struc t
ionorl o s
soft heor i
gi nal
habi
tuall
yr e
side
s”. ori fi tisshownbya naffida vitofs uchpar tyorofany
otherpe rs
o nthats uchbi rthorbapt is
malc er t
ificat
ehas
Q:Soi fo nepart
yr e
side
sinQCwhilet
heot
herres
ide
sin noty e tbeenr ec
e iv
e dthought hes amehasbe e nr equir ed
Paranaque ,musttheappli
cat
ionbo
thbeappl
ie
di nQC ofthepe rsonha vingc ustodyt he reofa tleastfifteenda ys
andPar anaque? priort otheda teoft heappl ication,s uc h par tyma y
No. furnis hinl ieuthe reofhi sc urrentr esi
de ncec e rti
ficate
ora ni nstrume ntdr a
wn up a nd s wor nt obe foret he
Q:Shoul dt heonelivinginQCappl yinQC,whilet
heone localc i
vilr egi
strar c oncerne d or any publ ic offic i
al
livi
ngi nParanaquea pplyinParanaque
? author i
zedt oadmi niste
roa ths.Suc hi nstrume nts hall
No .Theywou ldbeapplyingsi
multane
ousl
ybutt
heywoul
dbe contai nthes wornde cl
ar at
ionoft wowi tne s
se sofl awf ul
fill
ingupseparat
eapplica
ti
onforms. age,s et
ti
ng f or th t he f ull name ,r esi
de nc ea nd
cit
ize nshipofs uc hc ontractingpar tya ndofhi sorhe r
Sothati
sthefir
streq
uire
me nt
,sepa
rat
eappl
ic
ati
onf
orms par ents,ifkno wn,andt hepl aceandda teofbi rthof
ex
ecut
edbyt
hecontr
act
ingpar
tie
s. suchpar ty.Thene arestofki noft hec ontract i
ngpar ties
shallbepr e
ferred aswi tne ss
e s
,or ,int he i
rde faul t
,
Q:Wha
twi
llbes
etf
ort
hint
heappl
ic
ati
onf
orm? perso ns ofg oodr eputation i nt he pr ovinc e or t he
locality.
Ar t
.11.Whe reamar r
iagel
ice
nseisr e
qui r
ed,eachof
the co
ntrac
ting parti
esshal
lfilesepar a
tel
yas worn Thepr e s
entati
onofbi rt
horbapt ismalc erti
fic
a t
es hal
l
appli
cati
onforsuc hlic
ensewiththepr operloc
alcivi
l notber e
quiredifthepar entsofthec ontract
ingpar ti
es
regi
str
arwhichsha l
lspeci
fyt
hefol
lowing: appe ar pe rsonal
ly be f
oret he local c i
vilr egist
rar
conc ernedands we art
ot hec orr
ectnessofthel awfulage
(1)Ful lnameoft hec ontracti
ngpar ty; ofs aidpar t
ies,asstat
edi nthea ppli
ca t
ion,orwhe nthe
(2)Plac eofbi r t
h; localc ivilregist
rar shall
,by me relyl ooki
ng a tt he
(3)Ag ea ndda teofbi rth; appl i
ca ntsupont hei
rpe rsonall
yappe aringbe f
orehi m,
(4)Civi ls t
atus; be c onvincedt hate i
ther or bo t
h oft hem ha vet he
(5)Ifpr eviouslymar r i
ed,ho w,whe n and whe rethe require dage.
previ
o usmar riagewasdi ss
olvedora nnulled;
(6) Present r esi
dence and cit
izenshi
p; Q:Ther equir
eme ntofpr esentationoft hebi rthcert
ific
ate
(7)De gr eeofr elati
ons hipofthec ontracti
ngpar ties; orbapt ismalc erti
ficateorc e r
tifiedc opi
e sthereofma ybe
(8)Ful lname ,r e
side nc eandc i
tize
ns hipofthef ather; dis
pe ns edwi thif?
(9)Ful lname ,reside nceandc it
izenshipoft hemo the
r; Iftheor i
ginalhasbe enl os
torde s t
royeda nds uchpart
yfiles
and ana ffidavittothee ffectthatsuchc opiesha vebe en“r
equired
(10) Ful l name ,r e si
dence and c iti
zenship of t he of”( no tjust“requested”,me anin
gt osa ytherewa sal
readya
guardia n or pe r son ha ving c harge,i n c aset he commi tme nttoi ss
ue )t hepersonwhoha sc ust
od yandt he
contr
a c tingpar t
yhasne i
therfathernormo thera ndis sames ub j
ectofissue ,andt herequi re
me nth a
st akenplaceat
undert hea geoft we nt y-oneyears. lea
st15da yspriortot hefilin
gofa ppl
icat
ion,i nwhichc ase
,
wha twi lltheypresent?
Theappli
cants,theirparent
sorg uar
dianss hallno
tbe
re
qui
redt oe xhibitthei
rr es
ide
nc ecer
tific
a t
esin any Suchpa rtymayf urnis
hi nlieuthe
reofhiscu r
rentresidence
f
ormali
tyi nc onnecti
on witht he securing of the cer
tific
a t
eora ninst
r umentdrawnupa ndswor ntob e
fo rethe
marr
iageli
cense.(59a) loc
alc ivilre
gis
tr
arc oncernedoranypubli
coffici
alauthor i
zed
toadmi niste
roaths.Suc hinst
rumentshal
lcontainthes worn
Q:Wha
tar
ether
equi
reme
nts
? decl
a ra
tionoftwowi t
nessesofl
awfulage
,set
tingfort
ht hef ul
l
name,r
esi
denc
ea ndcit
ize
nshi
pofsuchc
ontr
act
ingpar
tya
nd Nowi fyou
’reoldenough t
o bema
rri
ed,t
heny
ou’
reol
d
ofhi
sorherpar
ents
,ifknown,andt
hepl
aceanddat
eofbi
rt
h enou
ghtobeemanci
pat
ed.
ofsu
chpart
y.
Q:Ho w do y oua ppl yt he order of“f ather ,mo t
he r
,
Q:Whoar eprefer
redt omaket hisaffidavi
t? survi
ving par entor g uardian,or pe r
so nsha ving l
egal
Thenea
restofkinofthecontr
actin
gpa rti
essha
llbepref
err
ed chargeoft hem”?
aswi
tnes
ses,or
,intheirde
faul
t,personsofg oodreput
at
ionin Youh aveac hoicebetwe e
nt hefatherandt hemo therifboth
t
hepro
vinceortheloc
a l
it
y. aresti
llal
ive,inwhi c
hc ase,thefatherisprefer
red .Butifthe
fat
herissti
llali
vebutno tpr
e sent
,thenthemo t
her.Andt henif
Now,a f
tergoi
n gthr
ou gha lltheseenume rat
ions,thelawa tthe oneoft heparentshasalrea
d ydied,thenthes urvivingpare
nt,
endtell
sust h
a tal
lthe s
ec a nbedi spense dwi t
hift hepa r
ties
, andt henthegua r
dian,andt hent hepe r
sonwhoha slegal
byappearin
gbe for
et hec i
vilr e
gistr
ar,area bletoc onvincethe charg
eoft hecontrac
tingparty.
l
a t
ter
,byha vinghiml ooka tthem,t h
att heya rea l
readyof
l
e g
alage,orotherwise,ifthepa rent
soft hec ont
ractin
gpa rti
es Q:I nwha tform mus tpar entalc onsentbe?
appearpers
onallybeforethel ocalci
vi lregis
trarconc e
rneda nd Suc hconsentshallbema nif
estedi nwr i
tin
gb yt heinter
est
ed
sweartothec orre
ctnessoft helawf ulag eofs aidpa rti
es,as par ty,whope rs
ona l
lya ppearsbe f
orethepr operlocalc i
vil
st
atedintheapplic
ation. regi s
trar
,orinthef orm ofa naffidavi
tma deinthepr es
enceof
twowi tnessesanda tt
estedb efor eanyoffici
alauthorize
db y
Q:I
ncaseofpre
viousmarr
iag
e,whats
houldbes
ubmi
tt
ed lawt oa dminis
tero a
ths.Thepe rs
onalma nif
esta
tionshallbe
t
oge
the
rwiththe
irappl
ic
ati
onformarr
iag
elic
ens
e? rec ordedinbo tha ppli
c at
ionsf orma rriag
el ice
ns e
,a ndthe
affidavit
,ifonei se xec
utedi nstead,shallbea t
tachedtos a
id
Ar t
.13.I nc aseeit
heroft hec ontractingpar ti
eshas appl ica
ti
ons.
beenpr evio
uslymarrie
d,theapplicants hallberequired
tofur ni
sh,inst
eadoft hebi
r t
horbapt i
smalc ert
ific
ate Soi tcanbei name repri
vatewr i
ti
ngbuty oumustappear
requiredi nt he last pre
ceding ar t
icle,the de ath beforethelocalcivi
lregi
str
ar.Nowi fyouwa nttodi
spense
cert
ifica
teofthede c
easedspouseort hej udic
ialdecree witht he requi
rementofa ppeari
ng be
fo rethe l
oca
lc ivi
l
of the a bsol
ute di
vorce,or the j udic i
alde cree of regis
tra
r,the nthe conse
ntmu stbe r
e ducedin a publi
c
annulme nt or decl
arati
on ofnul lit
y of hi s or he r inst
rume nt
.Itmustbenota
rize
d .
previousmar ri
age
.
Q:Wha ts houldthe localcivi
lr e
gist
rar do wi t
ht he
Q:Ifthede at
hc e
rti
ficateisnotavail
able? parent
alc onsent?
Incasethed e
a t
hc er
tific
atecannotbes e
cured,t
hepar
tyshal
l The pe rs
ona l mani
fes
tati
on shal
l be rec ordedi n both
makea naffidavitset
ti
n gfort
hthiscirc
ums t
anceandhi
sorher appl
ica
tionsf ormarr
iagelice
nse
,a ndtheaffidavit
,ifoneis
act
ualc i
vils tat
usa ndt hena mea ndda t
eofde at
hoft he exec
utedinstead,s
hal
lbea t
tac
hedtosai
dapplic a
tions
.
dece
asedspous e
.
I
twi l
lberecordedintheaffidavi
t,a
ndthepar
ent
swi llbe
Q:Andtheo t
herr
equi
reme
nts
,as
idef
rom t
hos
ewhi
ch r
equi
redtosignit.Orift
herei snoappe
ara
nce
,theaffidavi
t
we
redi
scus
sed? wi
llbeat
tac
he dtothea
ppl
ica
tion.

Ar t
.14.I nc asee itherorbo t hoft hec o nt rac ti
ngpar ti
es, Q:Anyo
the
rre
qui
reme
nts
?
notha vingbe ene manc ipatedbyapr e viousmar riage,
arebe tweent heag esofe i
ght eenandt we nt y-
one ,the y Art.15.Any c ontracting par ty be t
we ent he a ge of
shall,inaddi t
iont other equi reme ntsoft hepr ece
ding twenty-
onea ndt wenty-fiveshallbeobl i
gedt oas kt he ir
artic
le s,exhibitt ot helocalc i
vi lregist
r a r,thec onsentt o parents or gua rdianf or advi ce upo nt he i ntende d
theirmar riag eoft hei
rfa t
he r,mo the r,s ur vivingpar ent mar ri
age.Ift heydono tobtains uchadvi c e
,ori fitbe
orgua rdian,orpe r s
onsha vingl eg alchar geoft hem,i n unfavorable,themar ri
ag elice
ns eshallno tbei s suedt ill
theor de rme ntio ne d.Suc hc ons ents hal lbemani fest
e d aft
ert hr ee mont hs following the c ompl etion oft he
in wr i
ting by t he i nterested par ty
,who pe rsonally publica
tion of t he appl i
cati
o n t heref
or .A s wor n
appe arsbe for et hepr operl oca lci
vi lre gistr ar
,ori nthe sta
teme ntbyt hec ontractingpar tiestot hee ffectt ha t
form ofan a ffida vitmade i nt he pr ese nce oft wo suchadvi cehasbe ens ought,to get
he rwit ht hewr itten
witne ssesa nda tte stedbe f
or eanyoffic iala uthor iz
edby advicegiven,ifany ,shallbea ttachedt ot heappl ication
lawt o admi niste roa t
hs .Thepe r sonalmani fes
tati
on formar riagel ic
ens e
.Sho uldt hepar e nt
sorg uardi an
shallber ec orde di n bo tha pplicati
onsf or mar ri
ag e ref
uset ogiveanyadvi ce,thisfa ctshallbes ta t
e di nt he
lic
ens e,andt hea ffidavi
t,ifonei sex ecut edi nste ad,shall sworns tat
eme nt.
bea ttache dtos a idappl i
cations . Art.16.Int hec aseswhe repa rentalc onsentorpa rent al
adviceisneede d,thepar tyorpar ti
esconc erne ds hall,in
Youcanforg
eta boutt
her equ
ire
me ntof“nothavi
ngbeen additi
ont ot her equireme ntsoft hepr ec
e dingar ticles,
emanc
ipa
ted by a pr e
vious ma rr
iag
e” becaus
e n o
w att
achac erti
ficat
ei s
sue dbyapr ie
st,imam ormi niste r
emanc
ipa
ti
onc a
nonl yt
akeplaceuponreac
hin
gthelega
lage
. authorizedtos ol
emni zemar ri
ag eunde rAr ticle7oft hi s
Codeoramar riagec ounselordul yac credit
e dbyt he
prope rg o
v ernme nt a g
encyt ot he effectt hatt he Butt
heprobl
emi sinprac
ti
ce,th
iscerti
fic
ateofl
ega
lcapaci
ty
,
contra c
ting par ti
es ha ve unde rg
one mar ri
age j
ustl
iket
hecert
ific
ateofl
egalca
pa c
ityrequi
redi
nadopt
ion,i
s
counse l
ing. Failur et o a ttac h said c erti
fic
ates of adoc
umentunhea r
dofbyo t
hercount
ries.
mar riagec ounsel
ings halls uspe ndthei s
s uanceoft he
mar riagelicenseforape ri
odoft hr
eemont hsfrom the Q:Supposi
nga l
lofthes
edocument
shav
ebee
nsubmi
tt
ed,
compl eti
on of t he publ ic
a tion of the a pplic
ati
on. whati
stheloc
alcivi
lre
gist
rars
uppos
edt
odo?
Issuanceoft hemar ri
agel i
ce nsewi t
hint hepr ohibi
ted
per i
ods hallsubjectthei ss
uingofficertoa dmi nist
rati
ve Art.17.Thel ocalcivilre
gist
rars hal
lprepar eano ti
ce
sanctions but s hal l not affectt he validity of the whichs hal
lco ntainthefullname sandresidence
so fthe
mar riage. appli
ca nt
sforamar riageli
censeando t
herda tagive
ni n
the applic
ati
ons .The no ticesha l
lbepos t
edf or ten
Shouldo nlyoneofthecont
ract
ingpart
iesne
edpar e
ntal conse
c uti
veda ysonabul leti
nboar doutsi
detheofficeof
consentorpar entaladvic
e,theo t
herparty mustbe thelocalc i
vilre gi
st
r arlocat
edi nac onspic
uouspl ace
presenta tthecounsel
ingref
erre
dt ointhepr e
ceding withi
nt hebuildingandac cessi
bletothegeneralpublic.
paragraph.
Q:Thepur poseofthenoti
ceis
?
Thereq
uir
ementofunder
goin
gma rri
agecounse
li
ngisnotj
ust Thisnot
ic
es ha
llreques
tallper
sonshavingknowl
edgeofany
re
qui
redofpa
rti
eswhone e
dpa r
enta
ladvi
ce;iti
sals
oreq
uir
ed i
mpe di
menttothema rri
agetoadvisetheloc
alci
vilre
gis
tr
ar
ofpa
rti
eswhoneedpare
ntalc
onsent
. t
hereof
.The ma r
ri
a gelice
nses hallbe iss
ueda f
terthe
comple
ti
onoftheperiodofpubl
icat
ion.
Q:Suppos ing parentaladvicei sneeded,and pa rent
al
advicewasno tse
cured,wha twillhappentothepro c
essof Q:Supposingthatsomeonetoo
kt hechall
eng
eandsaid[t
o
theissuanceofthema rriag
el i
cense? t
helo c
alcivi
lregis
trar
]thatyes,ther
eisani mpe
diment,
Iftheydono tobt
ainsucha d
vice,orifitbeunfav
orable
,the wil
lthatj
usti
fyhimi nnoti
ssui
ngt hel
ice
nse?
mar r
iageli
c enseshal
lno tbei ss
uedt i
llaf
terthr
eemont hs No.
fol
lowingthec omplet
ionofthepubl i
cat
ionoftheappli
cati
on
the
refor. Ar t.18.Inc aseofanyi mpe dimentkno wnt othelocal
civilregi
strarorbr oughtt ohi sattention,heshallnot
e
Q:Wha tisthepur pos
eofthe3-
monthde
lay? do wnt hepar t
icul
arsthe r
eofandhi sfindingsther
eonin
Sot h
atthepa r
tieswouldhaveti
metorecons
ide
rort
hink the a pplicati
on f or mar riage l ic
e nse, but shall
thi
ngsth
rough,aboutget
ti
ngmarr
ied
. no net
he l
essissuesaidlice
nseaf terthec ompleti
onofthe
pe ri
od ofpubl i
cati
on,unl essor deredo t
herwisebya
Q:I fmar r
iagecouns el
ingisno tunde
r g
o nebythepar t
ies
, compe tentc ourta thi sown i nstanceort hatofany
wha twil
lbethee ffe
c t
? i
nt eres
tpar t
y.Nofil i
ngf ees hallbec hargedforthe
Failur
etoatta
chs aidcerti
fic
ate
sofma rri
agecounsel
ingshal
l pe t
iti
on nor a c orresponding bo nd r equir
edf or t
he
suspendtheissua
nc eoft hema rr
iag
elicenseforaperiodof i
s suancesoftheor der.
thr
e emon t
hsfrom t hecompl e
ti
onoft hepublica
ti
onoft he
appli
cati
on. Hema ynotis
suet
heli
cens
eonlyifther
eisaTRO;anorde
r,
orani
njunc
ti
oniss
uedbyacourt
.Butthecour
twil
lno
tac
ton
Q:Wha
tifoneoft
hec
ont
rac
tingpar
tie
sisf
ore
igne
rs? it
sown;acasemus
tbebrou
ghtbef
orethecour
t.

Art.21.Whe neitherorbothoft hec ontract

ingpar ti
es Q:Whoise
mpo were
dt obr i
ngsuchac as
e?
arecit
ize
nsofaf or ei
gncountry,i
ts hallbenece s
saryfor Athi
sowni
nst
anceorth
a tofanyi
nter
estpar
ty.
them beforea mar ri
agelicensec an beobt ained,to
submita c ert
ifica
te of le
gal c apac i
tyt oc ontr
act Q:Butdo youthink any l
ocalci
vilregi
st
rar wi
llgo
marr i
age,i s
sued by t he
irr e
spec t
ive dipl
oma t
ic or t
hrought
het
roubl
eofgoingt
othecourta
ndfili
ngacase
?
consul
aroffic
ial
s.
Q:Onc
ethel
ic
ens
ehasbe
eni
ssue
d,ho
wlongi
sthi
sval
id?
Stat
ele
sspersonsorr e
fugeesf r
om othercountr
iesshall
,
inli
euofthec ert
ific
ateoflegalcapaci
tyhereinrequir
ed, Ar t
.20.Thel i
censes hal
lbev al
idinanypar toft he
submitan affida
vi tst
atingt hecirc
ums t
ancess howing Philippinesforape riod ofo nehundredt we
ntyda ys
suchcapaci
tyt ocontractmar ri
age. from t he da t
e of i ss
ue , and shall be deeme d
automa t
ical
lyc a
nc el
eda tthe expi
rati
on ofthe said
Butno te,t
ha ttheya r
eno texempt
edfrom therequi
rementof periodi fthecontract
ingpar ti
eshavenotmadeuseofi t
.
t
hema r ri
agel i
censeev enift
heybot
hha ppentobeforei
gner
s. Thee xpirydateshallbes tampedinboldcharact
erso n
Theyar est
illrequi
r e
dt oappl
yfort
heissuanceofthemarri
age thefac eofeveryli
c e
nseissued.
l
ice
nse .Only,theymu stat
tac
h,inl
ieuoftheo t
herdocument
s,
acert
ificat
eofl egalcapaci
ty.
Iti
sre
qui
redtha
ttheexpi
rat
iond
atebei
ndi
cat
edont
hef
ace propertyacqui
redbybot
hofthe
mt hroughthe
irwork
oft
hemar
riag
elic
ense
. or industr
ys hal
lbe g
over
ned by t
he rul
eso nco-
owne r
ship.
Q:I sthereanythi
ngrequi
redt
omakethelic
ensel
oseit
s
effe
cti
vit
y? Inthea bs
enc eofp rooft othec ontr
a r
y,properti
esa c quir
ed
Upont heexpi
rat
ionoft
he120day
s,i
tsha
llbeaut
omat
ic
all
y whil
et heyl ivedt og ethe rsha llbep resumedt o ha v
ebe en
cancel
ed. obta
inedb yt heirjointe fforts,wor kori ndustry
,ands hallbe
ownedb ythe mi ne qua ls har
e s.Forpur posesofthisAr ti
c l
e,a
Q:Iftheli
censewasis
sue
dinMani
la,whe
rec
any
oug
et part
ywhodi dno tpa r t
icipatei nthea cquisi
tionbyt heo t
her
marri
ed? part
yofa nyp ropertys hallbede eme dt oha vecont ri
bu t
ed
Anywher
einthePhi
li
ppi
nes
. joi
ntl
yi nt he a cquis i
tion t hereof ift he former'
se ffort
s
consi
stedint hec ar
ea ndma intenanceoft hefamilyandoft he
Q:Shouldyoug etmar r
iedada yaft
erthe120days,what household.
wouldbethest
atusofthemar r
iage? Neit
he rpa r
tyc ane nc umbe rordi sposeb ya c
tsintervi vosof
Voi
d,becausei
ti sta
ntamounttog et
ti
ngma r
ri
edwithouta hisorhe rs ha r
ei nt hepr opertya cquiredduringcoha bitat
ion
l
ice
nseinvie
woft heexpi
rat
ionofthemarr
iag
elic
ens
e. andowne dinc ommon,wi t
houtt hec onsentoftheo ther,unti
l
aft
erthet er
mi nati
onoft he i
rc ohabita
tion.
MARRI AGECEREMONY
3rdFORMALREQUI
( SI
TE) Whe nonl yoneoft hepa rtiest oav oidma rria
gei si ng ood
fait
h,thes hareoft hepa r
tyi nba df ai
thi nt hec o-owne rs
hip
Art.6.No pr escribedf orm orr e l
igi ousr it
ef ort he shallbef orfeitedinfav oroft he irc ommonc hildren.Inc aseof
sol
emnizati
onoft hemar ri
ageisr e quir e
d.I tshal lbe defaultoforwa i
verb ya n yora lloft hec ommonc hildre
nor
neces
sary,howev er
,f orthecontracti
ngpar t
iestoappe ar theirde sc endants,e achv acants hares ha llbe longt ot he
perso
nallybe f
oret hes ole
mni z
ingo fficerandde clar ein respecti
ve s ur vi
ving d escenda nts .I n t he a bsence of
thepres
e nceofno tl essthantwowi t nessesofleg alag e descenda nts,s uchsha r
es hallbe lon gt othei nnoce ntpa rt
y.In
thatthe
yt akee acho t
herashus band a nd wi f
e .Thi s allcases,thef orfei
tures halltak ep la c
eupont e r
mina t
ionoft he
decl
arat
ions hallbec ontaine
di nthemar ri
ag ecertific
a t
e cohabitation.
whichshallbes igne d bythec ont rac t
ingpar tiesa nd Ar t
.148.I nc a
sesofc ohabi tat
ion no tf all
ing unde rthe
thei
rwitnessesanda tt
estedbythes ole mnizingoffice r
. precedingAr ticle
,onlyt hep rope rtiesa cquire db ybo thoft he
parti
est hrough t heira ctualj ointc ontribut i
on ofmone y
,
I
nc as eofama rr
iagei
nar ti
culomorti
s,whe ntheparty property,ori ndustr
ys ha l
lbeo wne db ythe mi nc ommoni n
a
tt hepoi ntofde at
hi sunabl et osignt hemar r
iage proporti
ont ot heirrespe cti
vec ontribut i
ons.I nthea bs enceof
c
ertific
ate,itshallbesuffici
entforoneoft hewitnes
ses prooft ot hec ontrar
y,t he irc ontributionsa ndc orrespond i
ng
t
othemar ri
aget owrit
et henameofs ai
dpar ty,which sharesa re pr esume dt o be e q ual.The s ame r ul ea nd
f
acts hallbeatte
stedbythes ole
mni z
ingoffic
er. presumpt ion s halla pplyt oj o i
ntde posits ofmone ya nd
evidencesofc redit
.
Thisrequirementofthelawisverysimple.Forasl
on gasthere
isappearancebefor
et hesolemniz
ingoffice
ra ndade c
lara
tion Ifoneofthepa r
tiesisv a
lidl
yma r
rie
dt oa nother
,hisorhe r
thatt
heyt akeeacho the
ra shusbandandwi feinthepresence shar
ei nt he c
o-o wnerships ha l
la ccrue tot he abs
o l
ute
ofwi t
nessesno tlessthant wo.Buts i
mpl ea sitis,thi
si s community orc onju
g a
lpa r
tnershipe xist
ingi ns uchv a
lid
str
ict
lye nforc
ed,s ucht h
a tyou cannotha vema r
riagesb y marri
age.Ifthepa rt
ywhoa ct
edi nba dfait
hi sno tval
idl
y
proxy. marri
edtoa not
her,hisorhe rshallbef orfe
ite
di nthema nner
pro
videdinthela
s tpar
agraphoft hep r
ec e
dingAr t
icle.
Q:Wha tisacommonl awmarri
age?
Thisi
sbe stdes
cri
bedbysayin
gt ha
tthi
sisamarr
iag
eb y Thefor
egoin
gr ule
sonforfe
itur
esha
lll
ike
wis
eap
plye
veni
f
agr
eementofthepart
ie
s.Theysimpl
yagree
dtobehus
band bot
hpart
iesar
ei nbadf
ait
h.
andwif
e.
Q:Supposi
ngthepart
iessi
gnedthemarri
agec ert
ific
ate
Q:Dower e
cogniz
ec ommonlawmar ri
ages
? wit
houtappear
ingbe
forethesol
emni
zingoffic
er,wo uld
No.Thec l
oses
twegi vere
cogni
tiontos uchmarri
age
swould t
heybeconsi
dere
dasmarri
ed?
berec
o gni
zin
gt hep r
oper
tyrel
ationb etweent
hepa r
ti
esas No.
uni
onswi t
houtma r
riag
eunderAr ts.147a nd148,butthe
y
wil
lnotbeconsi
deredaseac
ho t
her’sspouse
s. Q:Butt heyhaveama r
riagecerti
fic
ate?
Ma r
ria
gec er
ti
fic
ateisno tare
q uir
eme ntt
oav a
lidmarr
iag
e.
Art. 147. When a man a nd a woman who ar e Wha tisrequ
iredisthattheparti
espe rs
onal
lyappe
arbef
ore
capaci
tatedtomarryeacho t
her,li
vee x
c l
usi
vel
ywi th t
hes ol
emnizi
ngoffic
er,andinthiscase,t
her
ewasnopers
onal
eacho t
herashusba
nda ndwi f
ewi t
houtt hebenefitof appear
ancesothema r
riagei
svoid.
mar r
iageorunderav oid marri
age,theirwagesa nd
sal
ariesshal
lbeo
wnedbyt hemine qualshare
sa ndt he Q:Whe
res
houl
dthemar
riag
ebes
ole
mni
zed?
 The solemniz
i ng o ffic
ers hallr e
taini n hi s fil
et he
Ar t
.8.Themar riageshal
lbes olemnizedpubl ic
lyi nthe quadrupli
cat
ec opyoft hemar ri
agec ert
ificat
e,thec opy
chambe rsofthej udgeori no pencour t
,int hec hurch, ofthema rri
agec e
rt i
ficate
,t heor i
ginaloft hemar ri
age
chape lortemple,ori nt heofficethec onsul-g e neral
, li
cense and,i n pr operc ases,t he affidavit of the
consulor vi c
e-consul,ast he case ma y be,and no t contr
acti
ng par tyr e garding thes olemni zat
ion oft he
els
ewhe re,exce
pti nc asesofmar r
iagesc ontracte don mar r
iageinplac eot
he rthant hoseme nti
one dinAr t
.8.
thepoi ntofde ath orinr e
mo teplacesin ac cor dance
withAr ti
cle29oft hi
sCode ,orwhe rebothoft hepar ti
es Q:Whotakest
heori
ginal
?
requestthesolemni z
ingoffic
erinwr i
ti
ngi nwhi chc ase Thec
ont
rac
ti
ngpar
ti
es.
themar r
iagema ybes olemnizeda tahous eorpl ace
desi
g nate
dbyt hemi nas worns t
atementtot hate ffect
. Q:Wha tissupposedtobedo newiththedupli
cat
ea ndt he
tripl
icate?
Itshallbet hedut
yoft heper
sons ol
emnizi
ngthema r
ri
a geto
Q:And?Othermarriages
? xxxs endt hedupli
cateandtri
plic
atecopi
esofthecerti
ficat
e
Marr
iage
sinart
ic
ulomor t
isa
ndma
rri
age
sin
vol
vin
gpa
rti
es notlaterthanfif
tee
nda ysaf
terthema r
ri
age,t
othelocalcivi
l
r
esi
din
ginremot
eplac
e s
. regis
tr
a roftheplac
ewhe ret
hema rri
agewassol
emni
z ed.

Q:Wha tisthepurposeofthema rri

agecerti
fica
teifi
tis Q:Whataboutthemar riag
ese
ttl
eme
nt?Ist
hereanyentr
y
notanesse
nti
alorfor
malrequisi
tetomarriage
? i
nthema r
riag
ec er
tific
atewhi
chper
tai
nstothema r
riag
e
Iti
scons
ider
edthebes
tevi
denceofthemarr
iaget
a ki
ngpla
ce. s
ett
leme
nt?

Q:Butisi
ttheo nlye vi
de nceofthemar r
iage
? Art.22.Themar ri
agec er
tific
ate,i
nwhichthepartie
s
No.Itmaybee videnc e
db ythetest
imonyofthecontr
acti
ng shal
ldec l
aretha
tt heytakee acho t
herashus
banda nd
pa
rti
esoranywi tnessest othema rri
age,bi
rthcer
ti
fica
tes, wife
,shallal
sost
a t
e:
ba
pti
smalcert
ific
ates,fami l
ybible,andjudi
ciald
ecis
ionsin xxx
whic
hthenamesoft hes pousesha
v ebeenent
ere
dasma rr
ied. (7) Thatt he par t
ies havee nte
redinto marr
iage
set
tl
eme nt,i
fany,att
achi
ngac opyther
eof
.
I
notherwordso
there
vidences
,sucha
sst
ate
me nt
sofper
sons
whowi t
nes
sedthema r
ri
a g
e,c a
nbeuseda sproofofthe Letusnowlookatt
heconse
quenc
esoft
hea
bse
nce
,de
fec
t,or
mar
ria
ge. i
rr
e gul
ari
tyi
nthe
sereq
uis
it
es.

Q: Suppos i
ng o nl
y one witnes
s pre
sent i
n Mar r
iag
e Art.4.Theabs e
nceofanyoft heesse
nti
alorf
ormal
Certi
fic
ate? re
quisi
tesshallrende
rt he marr
iag
ev oi
d ab i
nit
io,
Ma r
ri
a g
ei sval
id.Therequi
rementismere
lydi
rec
tor
y.Itis ex
ceptasst
atedinArti
cle35(
2).
consi
deredasadefec
tint
heformalre
qui
si
te.
A de
fec
tinanyoftheess
enti
alre
qui
si
tesshal
lre
nde
r
Ma
rri
agec
ert
ific
ate–no
tpa
rtofma
rri
agec
ere
mon
y. t
hemarriag
evoi
dabl
easprovi
dedi
nArti
cle45.

A mar
ri
agecert
ific
atewhichi
sno
tsi
gne
dorr
egi
st
ere
ddo
es Anirregul
ari
tyintheformalr e
quisi
tess
hallno
taffe
ct
no
tin
vali
dat
ethema rri
age
. t
hev al
idit
yoft hemarriagebutt hepartyorparti
es
re
sponsi
ble for the ir
r egulari
ty shal
l be c i
vil
ly
,
GENERALRULE:Ar t40( finaljudgment) cr
iminal
lyandadminis
tra
t i
velyliabl
e.
EXCEPTI ON:t heme r
epr iv a
tea ctofs i
ngi
ngama r
ria
g e
cont
ractdoesnotamounttoama rria
g ec
e r
emony
.Noneedfor Q: Wha t happe ns i
f any of t
he e
sse
nti
alor f
ormal
j
udici
aldecreeofnull
it
yf orpur posesofremar
ri
age
.(Mori
g o requi
si
tesisabse
nt ?
vsPeople) Thema r
ria
g es
hallbevoid
.

Q:Wha tiss
uppos
edt
o be do
ne wi
tht
he ma
rri
age Asforinst
ance,i
ftheoffic
erdoesno
thavetheauthori
ty[
then
ce
rti
fic
ate
? themarri
ageisvoi
d],unlessofc
ours
eeit
heroneoft hepa
rti
es
beli
eve
ding oodfa
iththathewasanaut
hori
zedoffic
er.
Ar t.23.I tshal lbet hedut yoft hepe rs
ons olemni zi
ng
themar riaget ofur nishe i
theroft hec ontract
ingpar t
ies Q:Ift
herei
snomar ri
agel
ice
nse
?
theor i
ginaloft hemar riag
ec erti
ficat
er efe
rredt oin Themarr
iag
es ha
llal
sobevoi
d,exce
ptthei
nst
anc
ese
xempt
Ar ti
cle6andt ose ndt heduplicatea ndtr i
pli
catec opies fr
omther
equir
ementofmar
ri
agel
ice
nse.
oft hec er t
ific
a t
eno tlaterthan fifteen daysaft e
rt he
mar riage,tot hel oc alc i
vilregi
straroft hepl acewhe re Q:Suppos ing t
heappl i
cat
ionformar ri
agelic
ensewas
themar riagewass ole mnize
d.Pr operr ecei
ptss hallbe att
ended wi t
ht he hel
p of fix
e r
s;i t was a one day
issued by t hel oca lc ivi
lr egis
trart ot hes olemni zi
ng appli
cat
ion,heappli
esthismorning,hewasabletog e
tthe
offic
ert rans mitti
ngc opie
soft hemar riagec e
rtific
ate. li
cens
eint heaft
ernoon.Therewasnot endaypos t
ing,no
marriagecouns e
ling,nos e
mi nar,andheus edthatlice
nse s
ole
mni
zat
ion.
t
og etmarried.Ho wwi lli
taffec
tthemarr i
age?
I
ti st r
eat
eda sa me r
ei rr
egulari
ty;however
,t he per
son Thent
her
eisaninces
tuousmar
ri
ageunderArt
.37a
ndt
hos
e
r
esponsi
blefort he ir
regul
ari
tys hallbe l
iabl
ec r
iminal
ly
, voi
dbyre
asonofpubl
icpol
ic
yunderArt
.38.
ci
vil
lyandadmi nist
rat
ive
ly.
Thesecondpar
agr
aphofAr
t.26wasor
igi
nal
lydele
ted,butby
Ani rr
egul
ari
tyintheformalre
quisi
te
sshallnota ffe
ctthe Exec
uti
v eOrde
r227itwasinc
lude
dinthefina
ldraftofthe
va
lidi
tyofthemarr
iag
ebutthepar
tyorpar
tie
sr e
sponsiblefor Famil
yCode.
t
hei r
regul
ari
tys
hal
lbecivi
ll
y,cr
iminal
lya
nda dmini
s tr
ati
vely
l
iable
. Q:Whataret
her equirementsforAr .26,2ndpa
t r.?
(
1)Val
idmarr
iagecelebra
tedabroad
Q:Suppos i
nga ne s
sent
ialrequi
si
teisprese
ntbutitis (
2)Bet
weenaFi l
ipi
noa ndaforeigne
r
de
fect
ive,whathappenst
othemarriage
? (
3)Di
vorceva
lidl
yobta i
nedbyt hefor
eigne
r
Ad ef
ectina nyoftheessent
ia
lrequi
si
tess
hallr
ende
rthe (
4)Di
vorceca
pa c
ita
testhefor
eignertoremarr
y
marr
iag
ev oi
dableasp
rovi
dedinArt
icl
e45.
The
ref
ore
,theFi
li
pinos
pous
eisa
lsoa
ll
owe
dtor
ema
rry
.
Q:Can y ou name a
ni nstance ofa de f
ect
iveess
ent
ial
re
quis
it
e? Q:Doy oure me mberthediscussi
onwehadi nr elati
ont o
Anins
tanceofadef
ect
iveess
e nt
ia
lr e
quisi
tei
sconse
ntwhi
ch Ar ti
cle15,NCC,whe rewedi s
cussedt hec aseofVAN
i
svit
ia
ted.Ther
eisc
onsent
,butitisvit
ia
ted. DORNVROMI LLO?
Priortotheeffecti
vit
yoftheFamilyCode ,specifical
lyArt.26,
Art. 26. Al l ma rri
ages sol
emni zed outsi
de t he 2ndpa r.
,Fil
ipinosma rri
edt oforei
gnn a
tionalswoul dfind
Phili
ppines,i
nac c
ordancewiththel a
wsi nforc
ei nthe thems el
vesata di sad
vantag
e bec a
uset he di v o
rce decree
countrywhe r
etheywe resol
emnized,andv al
idthereas obtainedb yt
he irspouse
swoul dall
owt hef oreigns pousesto
such,shallals
obev al
idint hi
sc ountry
,e x
ceptthose rema rr
ybuttheFi li
pinospouse
swoul dbes tucki nlimbo.Ar t
.
prohibi
tedunde rArti
cles35(1)
,(4),(5)and(6),36,37 26,2ndpa r
.wa ssupposedtoaddresstha
tpr oblemb ya l
lowing
and38. theFi l
ipi
notoa l
s oremarr
y.

Whe rea mar riagebetween a Fil

ipino cit
izen and a Theproble
mi sital
sog aver
isetoanot
herkindofprobl
em
fore
igneri
sv al
idlycel
ebrat
edandadi v orcei
st her
eaf
ter bec
ausenows omeFi l
ipi
noswiththemeanstodosoc oul
d
vali
dlyobtai
nedabr oadbythealie
ns po us
ec apaci
tat
ing eas
il
yjustcha
ngethe
irnat
iona
li
tyandthe
na c
quir
eadiv
orce.
him orhert or emarry,t
heFili
pinos pouses hal
lhave
capaci
tytoremar ryunderPhi
li
ppinel aw. Q:Wha two ul dbet hee ffectofs uchdi vorce?Shoul dwe
recogniz ethes amei fitisac quiredbyoneoft hes po uses
Art.26e mbodiest hepri
nci
pleoflexlocicel
ebra
tioni
sa s who,a tthet imeoft hemar r iagewasFi li
pi no,butc hang e
appli
edtothema rr
iages
.Sowereco
gniz
ema rr
iage
scelebr
ated hisna ti
onalityt oac quir
edi vor c
e?
abroa
d,sol ongastheyareal
soval
idinthepla
cewhe rethey Ye s
.Pr iortot her ulingoft heSupr emeCou rtint hec aseof
arecele
brat
e d,ex
ceptthos
eprohi
bit
edunderArti
cle
s35( 1)
, REPUBLI C VS ORBECI DO,t here wa ss ome c on fusion
(
4),(5)and( 6)
,36,37and38. regardingthea ppl i
c ati
onofAr t.26,2ndpa r.tos i
tuati
onswhe re
thes pous e
swe r
ebo t
hforme rlyFi l
ipinost henoneoft hem
Art
.35.Thef
oll
owi
ngmar
riag
ess
hal
lbev
oidf
rom t
he become sa f oreign na ti
ona l. Thos e who we rei ns i
s t
ing
be
ginni
ng: otherwisewe res ayin gthatt hisa l
lowsc ircumv entio
noft he
law on di vorce .By t heme ree xpedienceofc hangingt he
(1)Thosec ontr
a c
tedbyanypar t
ybe lowe i
ghteenyears nati
ona li
ty,aFi l
ipinoi snowa bletoa cquireadi vorcede c r
e e
.
ofa geevenwi ththec onsentofpar e
ntsorgua rdi
ans; Butt her eali
tyi sonc eape rs onc hang e
shi sn ationali
tya nd
(Thisonlya ppl
iesifthec ontracti
ngpar tyisaFi li
pino become sac it
iz enofa not
he rc oun tr
y,wer e a
llyh a
v enowa yof
nati
onal.
)xxxxxxx impos in
gourl awsuponhi m.Sohewi l
lbea blet orema r
r y
,
(4) Tho se bigamous or po lygamous ma rr
iages not and t he Fili
p ino s pouse woul d find h ims e
lfi nt he s ame
fal
li
ngunde rAr ti
cle41; sit
uationt ha
tthi slawt rie
dt odoa waywi th.He ’l
la l
sobes tuck
(5) Thos e c ontracte
d t hrough mi s
take of one inlimbo .
contrac
tingpartyast otheidentit
yoft heother;and
(6) Thoses ubsequentmar r i
agest hatarev oid under Wha tmatt
ersist
hena
tiona
li
tyoft
hespous
esnotatt
heti
me
Ar t
icl
e53. ofthema rri
agebutattheti
methatthediv
orc
ede c
reeis
obt
ained
.
Ar t
.36.Amar ri
agec ontra
ctedbyanypartywho,atthe
time of t he c elebrati
on, was ps yc
holo
gical
ly
incapacit
atedt oc ompl y wit
ht he es
senti
almar it
al
obliga
tionsofmar riag e
,shalll
ike
wisebev oidevenif
such i ncapaci
ty be comes manifes
to nly aft
eri t
s