G.R. No. 132955 – 505 SCRA 564 – Civil Law – Persons and Family Relations – Family Code – Grounds for Annulment of Marriage – Article 45; Fraud, Intimidation, Concealment of Pregnancy In April 1988, Orlando Villanueva married Lilia Canalita before a trial court judge in Puerto Princesa. In November […]
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G.R. No. 179620 – 563 SCRA 447 – Civil Law – Persons and Family Relations – Family Code – Grounds for Annulment of Marriage – Article 46; Concealment of Homosexuality Manuel Almelor married Leonida Trinidad in 1989. They are both medical practitioners. They begot 3 children. 11 years later, Leonida […]
G.R. No. 165545 – 485 SCRA 376 – Civil Law – Persons and Family Relations – Family Code – Article 41-42; Reappearance of Absent Spouse In 1955 Clemente Bailon and Alice Diaz married in Barcelona, Sorsogon. Some 15 years later, Clemente filed an action to declare the presumptive death of […]
G.R. No. 127406 – 346 SCRA 86 – Civil Law – Persons and Family Relations – Family Code – Article 40 – Exception to the Rule In 1977, Reyes married Anna Maria Villanueva in a civil ceremony. They had a church wedding in the same year as well. In 1980, […]
G.R. No. 132529 – 351 SCRA 127 – Civil Law – Persons and Family Relations – Family Code – Article 40; Validity of Marriage as a Prejudicial Question In 1969 SPO4 Santiago Cariño married Susan Nicdao Cariño. He had 2 children with her. In 1992, SPO4 contracted a second marriage, […]
G.R. No. 162368 – 495 SCRA 396 – Civil Code – Family Code- Annulment of Marriage – Article 36: Psychological Incapacity Armida and Brix are a showbiz couple. The couple’s relationship before the marriage and even during their brief union (for well about a year or so) was not all […]
G.R. No. 137567 – 334 SCRA 106 – Civil Law – Persons and Family Relations – Family Code – Marriage – Article 40 Criminal Law – Book II – Crimes Against Chastity – Concubinage – Void Marriage Not a Defense In 1973, Meynardo Beltran and Charmaine Felix married each other. […]
G.R. No. 161793 – 579 SCRA 193 – Civil Law – Family Code – Article 36: Psychological Incapacity – Molina Case Merely a Guideline Every case involving psychological incapacity must be resolved on a case-to-case basis Note: This case relaxed the application of the Molina Guidelines Edward Kenneth Ngo Te […]
G.R. No. 112019 – 310 Phil. 21 – 204 SCRA 20 – Civil Law – Persons and Family Relations – Marriage; Annulment of Marriage – Article 36: Psychological Incapacity Leouel Santos, a member of the Army, met Julia Rosario in Iloilo City. In September 1986, they got married. The couple latter […]
G.R. No. 175581 – G.R. No. 179474 – 573 Phil. 553 – 540 SCRA 435 – Civil Law – Persons and Family Relations – Family Code – Nullity of Marriage – Marriage License; When Not Required – Prescription of Filing Action for Annulment of Marriage Jose Dayot and Felisa Tecson […]
G.R. No. 135830 – 471 SCRA 266 – Civil Law – Family Code – Annulment of Marriage – Proper Party Teofilo Carlos and petitioner Juan De Dios Carlos were brothers who each had three parcels of land by virtue of inheritance. Later Teofilo died intestate. He was survived by his […]
G.R. NO. 167523 – 556 SCRA 272 – Civil Law – Persons and Family Relations – Family Code – Nullity of Marriage – Article 36: Psychological Incapacity In 1986, Nilda and Reynaldo met in a local bar where Nilda was a waitress. Because of his fear that Nilda may be […]
G.R. No. 154380 – 472 SCRA 114 – Civil Law – Family Code – Article 26 of the Family Code – Divorce On May 24, 1981, Cipriano Orbecido III married Lady Myros M. Villanueva at the United Church of Christ in the Philippines in Lam-an, Ozamis City. Their marriage was blessed […]
G.R. No. 133743 – 514 SCRA 294 – Civil Law – Family Code – Retroactive Effect of Article 26 of the Family Code During his lifetime, Felicisimo San Luis (Rodolfo San Luis’s dad) contracted three marriages. His first marriage was with Virginia Sulit on March 17, 1942 out of which […]
A.M. No. MTJ-96-1088 – 259 SCRA 129 – Civil Law – Family Code – Law on Marriage – Presumptive Death; Absent Spouse – A lower court judge cannot solemnize marriage outside his jurisdiction Rodolfo Navarro was the Municipal Mayor of Dapa, Surigao del Norte. He submitted evidence in relation to […]
G.R. No. 160172 – 545 SCRA 162 – Civil Law – Family Code – Marriages; Void ab initio marriages Reinel and Annabelle met and became sweethearts in 1991. They applied for a marriage license in Pasig City in September 1994. They had their first sexual relation sometime in October 1994, […]