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2 - Atty Gaby - Marriage Registration in The Phils
2 - Atty Gaby - Marriage Registration in The Phils
PHILIPPINES
By:
Atty. Gaby Concepcion
SEMPER PRAESUMITUR PRO
MATRIMONIO
A marriage in jest
A “theatrical” marriage
Other legal impediments that may affect
the legal capacity of a person to contract
marriage:
Marriages that are void for reasons of public policy (Art. 38,
Family Code), as follows
Between blood relatives up to the 4th civil degree
Between step-parents and step-children
Between parents-in-law and children-in-law
Between the adopter and the adopted
Between the surviving spouse of the adopter and the adopted
Between the adopted child and the legitimate child of the
adopter
Between adopted children of the same adopter
Between parties where one, with the intention to marry the
other, killed that other person’s spouse or his or her own
spouse (Art. 38, Family Code)
The following marriages are considered valid: