Article 37 - Incestuous Marriage instances where it is consented that

Marriages between the following are only 1 adopted.

incestuous and void from the beginning,
whether relationship between the parties be
legitimate or illegitimate:
(1) Between ascendants and descendants
of any degree; and
(2) Between brothers and sisters, whether
of the full or half blood. (81a)
(6) Between the surviving spouse of the
adopted child and the adopter;
(7) Between an adopted child and a
legitimate child of the adopter;
- Illegitimate child and adopted can
be. It is viewed that adopted and
legitimate children be raised in the
same household.

Such marriages are void from the beginning
The basis here is consanguinity or blood.
If by affinity look at article 38.
Article 38 - Void by Reason of Public
Policy
(1) Between collateral blood relatives
whether legitimate or illegitimate, up to the
fourth civil degree;
(8) Between adopted children of the same
adopter; and
- Practically siblings
- Need to be of the same adopter
(9) Between parties where one, with the
intention to marry the other, killed that other
person’s spouse, or his or her own spouse.
- Need to wait for conviction on the
intent to kill.

(2) Between step-parents and step-children;

- You can marry your step grandfather
since wala naman nakalagay here

(3) Between parents-in-law and

children-in-law;
- Grandfather in law and
granddaughter in law.

(4) Between the adopting parent and the

adopted child;
- Adoption transforms relationships. In
the eyes of the law, from strangers
you become family by blood.
- Adoption cures the illegitimate line.

(5) Between the surviving spouse of the

adopting parent and the adopted child;
- If you are married, adoption should
be joint. However, there are