Art. 305. The duty and the right to make arrangements for the funeral ofa relative shall be in accordance with the order established for support, underarticle 294. In case of…
The Civil Registry is the repository of relevant facts of a person (birth, adoption,nationalization, marriage, death, etc.)Art. 407. Acts, events and judicial decrees concerning the civil status ofpersons shall be…
Art. 5. Acts executed against the provisions of mandatory or prohibitorylaws shall be void, except when the law itself authorizes their validity.A mandatory law is one which prescribes some element…
A. If the marriage is voidable (Article 54)Art. 54. Children conceived or born before the judgment ofannulment or absolute nullity of the marriage under Article 36 hasbecome final and executory…
Art. 6. Rights may be waived, unless the waiver is contrary to law, publicorder, public policy, morals, or good customs, or prejudicial to a third personwith a right recognized by…
Art. 22. The marriage certificate, in which the parties shall declare thatthey take each other as husband and wife, shall also state:(1) The full name, sex and age of each…
Art. 7. Laws are repealed only by subsequent ones, and their violation ornon-observance shall not be excused by disuse, or custom or practice to thecontrary.When the courts declared a law…
Art. 48. In all cases of annulment or declaration of absolute nullity ofmarriage, the Court shall order the prosecuting attorney or fiscal assigned to itto appear on behalf of the…
Art. 8. Judicial decisions applying or interpreting the laws or theConstitution shall form a part of the legal system of the Philippines.This is a new provision taken from common law.…
Art. 26, . All marriages solemnized outside the Philippines, inaccordance with the laws in force in the country where they were solemnized,and valid there as such, shall also be valid…