G.R. No. 182836 – 618 Phil. 634 – 603 SCRA 621 – Labor Law – Labor Relations – Death Benefits for the Death of a Dependent – A Fetus is a Dependent Civil Law – Civil Personality – When does civil personality start – When does life begin In January […]
Persons and Family Relations
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G.R. No. 183984 – 664 Phil. 210 – 648 SCRA 772 – Civil Law – Persons and Family Relations – Ownership, Administration, Enjoyment, and Disposition of Conjugal Property Credit Transactions – Encumbrance on Conjugal Property; Mortgage of Real Property – Mutually Exclusive Remedies In October 1995, Edna Lindo obtained a […]
G.R. No. 183896 – 702 Phil. 578 – 689 SCRA 646 (109 O.G. 7469) – Civil Law – Persons and Family Relations – Marriage – Bigamy – Void Ab Initio Marriage – Lack of a Marriage License Remedial Law – Evidence – Probative Value – Public Records In January 1993, […]
G.R. No. 201061 – 713 Phil. 502 – 700 SCRA 702 – Civil Law – Persons and Family Relations – Marriage – Bigamy – Non-existent marriage In September 1979, Benjamin Bangayan, Jr. married Azucena Alegre. In 1982, while Alegre was outside the Philippines, Benjamin developed a romantic relationship with Sally […]
G. R. No. 120077 – 397 Phil. 1 – 343 SCRA 1 – Civil Law – Persons – Conflict of Laws – Private International Law – Forum Non Conveniens In May 1988, Marcelo Santos was an overseas worker in Oman. In June 1988, he was recruited by Palace Hotel in […]
G.R. No. 114791 – 272 SCRA 752 – 339 Phil. 136 – Civil Law – Persons and Family Relations – Family Code – Article 73 – Exercise of Profession of Either Spouse In 1981, Hermogenes Ong and Jane Ong contracted with Nancy Go for the latter to film their wedding. […]
G.R. No. L-7817 – 100 Phil 168 – Civil Law – Torts and Damages – Obligations arising from human relations Prior to 1948, Commercial Airlines (CALI) owed P170k (abt. $79k) to Shell Company. CALI offered its C-54 plane as payment to Shell Company (the plane was in California) but Shell at that […]
G.R. No. 151867 – 421 SCRA 461 – Civil Law – Persons and Family Relations – Family Code – Article 46 vs Article 36 – Sexual infidelity is not psychological incapacity In 1966, David Dedel and Sharon Corpuz married each other. They had four children since then. David then found […]
G.R. No. L-12790 – 109 Phil 273 – Civil Law – Persons and Family Relations – Grounds for Annulment of Marriage – Impotency Joel Jimenez and Remedios Cañizares are husband and wife. Joel later filed for annulment on grounds that Remedios is impotent because her genitals were too small for […]
G.R. No. 155800 – 484 SCRA 353 – Civil Law – Persons and Family Relations – Family Code – Annulment of Marriage – Article 45 (3) distinguished from Psychological Incapacity (Article 36) In 1990, Leonilo Antonio married Marie Ivonne Reyes, who was ten years older than Leonilo. In 1993, Leonilo […]
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 […]
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. Nos. 106385-88 – 244 SCRA 457 – Remedial Law – Evidence – Witness Credibility Civil Law – Persons and Family Relations – Article 37- Incest Marian Mandap was raped four times by her father, Alejandro Mandap, who was a military man. The first three incidents were not witnessed by […]
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 […]