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The marriage is not valid.

The authority of the Mayor to solemnize marriage is not reflected in the


Family Code but in the Local Government Code which took effect in years after the effectivity of the
Family Code. Here, they got married a month after the Family Code, the Mayor does not have authority
yet at that time to solemnize marriage. And, following the Family Code, absent the formal requisite –
authority to solemnize marriage – the marriage is not valid.

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