G.R. No. 166562 – 601 Phil. 676 – 582 SCRA 694 – Civil Law – Personas and Family Relations – Family Code – Marriage – Void Marriages – Article 36; Psychological Incapacity Personal Examination by Psychologist Not a Condition Sine Qua Non Note: This reinforced the case of Te vs Te […]
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G.R. No. 168328 – 545 Phil. 725 – 517 SCRA 123 – Civil Law – Persons and Family Relations – Family Code – Marriage – Void Marriages – Article 36; Psychological Incapacity – Joblessness and Irresponsibility is not Psychological Incapacity When examination of the alleged psychologically incapacitated spouse is needed […]
G.R. No. 149498 – 472 Phil. 807 – 428 SCRA 735 – Civil Law – Persons and Family Relations – Family Code – Marriage – Void Marriages – Article 36 – Psychological Incapacity – Irresponsibility; Abandonment In 1986, Lolita Quintero and Toshio Hamano met in Japan. They had a love […]
G.R. No. 136921 – 356 SCRA 588 (408 Phil. 713) – Civil Law – Persons and Family Relations – Family Code – Marriage – Void Marriages – Article 36; Psychological Incapacity – Emotional Immaturity and Irresponsibility Are Not Psychological Incapacity In 1975, Lorna Guillen and Zosimo Pesca met each other. […]
G.R. No. 142056 – 408 Phil. 894 – 356 SCRA 768 – Civil Law – Land Titles and Deeds – Land Ownership – Prescription – Indefeasibility of Title In 1985, Avelina, Amelia, Camilo, Pedro, and Darius, all surnamed Quiamco, through a public instrument, donated their properties to their elder sister […]
G.R. No. 136490 – 343 SCRA 755 (397 Phil. 840) – Civil Law – Persons and Family Relations – Family Code – Marriage – Void Marriages – Article 36; Psychological Incapacity – Molina Guidelines – Psychological Test Requirement Wilson and Brenda were military personnel working at the Malacañang. They got […]
G.R. No. 169766 – 662 Phil. 203 – 646 SCRA 637 – Civil Law – Persons and Family Relations – Family Code – Marriage – Void Marriages – Article 35 – Nullity of Marriage – Bigamy Remedial Law – Special Proceedings – Petition for Declaration of Void Marriage – Collusion – […]
G.R. No. 159218 – 470 Phil. 420 – 426 SCRA 562 – Civil Law – Persons and Family Relations – Family Code – Marriage – Void Marriages – Article 35 – Bigamy – Prejudicial Question Remedial Law – Criminal Procedure – Prejudicial Question In 1967, Narcisa Arceño married Salvador Abunado. Later, Arceño […]
G.R. Nos. 171947-48 – 574 SCRA 661 – Political Law – Elements of the State – Government – Ministerial vs Discretionary Functions – Mandamus Constitutional Law – Right to a Healthful Ecology Civil Law – Environmental Laws – Continuing Mandamus; When first applied in Philippine setting In 1999, the Concerned […]
Note: This case is consolidated with G.R. No. L-24796 DIRECTOR OF FORESTRY vs HON. EMMANUEL M. MUÑOZ G.R. No. L-25459 – 23 SCRA 1183 – Civil Law – Land Titles and Deeds – Systems of Registration Prior to PD 1529 – Spanish Titles Pinagcamaligan Indo-Agro Development Corporation, Inc. (Piadeco) is a […]
G.R. No. 2869 – 8 Phil. 150 – Civil Law – Land Titles and Deeds – Ancestral Domain – Ancestral Land Claim Political Law – Regalian Doctrine In February 1904, Mateo Cariño filed a claim before the Court of Land Registration praying that he be granted title over a 40 hectare land […]
212 U.S. 449 (41 Phil. 935) – Civil Law – Land Titles and Deeds – Ancestral Domain – Ancestral Land Claim Political Law – Regalian Doctrine – Due Process – Property Rights In 1903, Mateo Cariño filed a petition for him to be granted a certificate of title over a 40 hectare land […]
G.R. No. L-3891 – 9 Phil. 387 – Civil Law – Wills and Succession – Conditions on the Institution of Heirs – Prohibition to Remarry Sometime in the early 1900s, Consuelo Morente died leaving a will which provides that she is leaving all her real estate in favor of her […]
G.R. No. 139587 – 399 Phil. 282 – 345 SCRA 541 – Civil Law – Wills and Succession – Jurisdiction of the Probate Court The spouses Ismael and Felisa Reyes owned two parcels of land (Lot A and Lot B) collectively referred to as the Arayat properties located in Arayat, Cubao, […]
G.R. No. 113725 – 390 Phil. 11 – 334 SCRA 522 – Civil Law – Succession – Transmissible Obligations A certain Aleja Belleza died but he instituted in his will Dr. Jorge Rabadilla as a devisee to a 511,855 square-meter land. A condition was however imposed to the effect that: […]
G.R. No. 103338 – 229 SCRA 60 – Civil Law – Obligations and Contracts – Law on Sales – Option Contract – Consideration Distinct from the Price In 1975, a “Lease Contract with Option to Buy” was executed between Federico Serra and the Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC). It was […]