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, […]
Persons and Family Relations
G.R. No. 112193 – 254 SCRA 711 – Civil Law – Persons and Family Relations – Preliminary Title – Application of Laws – No retroactive effect if vested rights are impaired During his lifetime, Jose Aruego, Sr. had an illicit relationship with Luz Fabian. They had two children: Antonia and Evelyn […]
G.R. Nos. 95122-23 – 197 SCRA 863 – Civil Law – Preliminary Title – Conflict of Laws – Foreign Laws; How Proven – Proof of Foreign Laws – Processual Presumption In July 1960, Santiago Gatchalian was recognized as a natural born Filipino by the Bureau of Immigration. Santiago married in […]
G.R. No. L-23678 – 20 SCRA 358 – Civil Law – Application of Laws – Nationality Principle – Renvoi Doctrine – Conflict of Laws Succession – Nationality of the Decedent – Legitime Amos Bellis was a citizen of the State of Texas, and of the United States. By his first wife […]
G.R. No. L-80718 – 157 SCRA 757 – Civil Law – Preliminary Title – Application of Laws – Publication of Laws – Publication of Supreme Court Decisions in the Official Gazette The firewall of a burned out building owned by Felisa De Roy collapsed and destroyed the tailoring shop occupied by the family […]
G.R. No. 102316 – 274 SCRA 642 – Civil Law – Preliminary Title – Waiver of Patrimonial Rights On January 16, 1984 plaintiff Valenzuela Hardwood and Industrial Supply Inc. entered into an agreement with the defendant Seven Brothers whereby the latter undertook to load on board its vessel the former’s lauan […]
G.R. No. L-16749 – 7 SCRA 95 – Civil Law – Preliminary Title – Application of Laws – Foreign Law – Nationality Principle – Internal and Conflict Rule Application of the Renvoi Doctrine Succession – Nationality Principle – Validity of Wills Edward Christensen was born in New York but he migrated […]
G.R. No. 124371 – 345 SCRA 592 – Civil Law – Application of Laws – Foreign Laws – Nationality Principle – Effects of Foreign Divorce Succession – Last Will and Testament of an Alien In 1927, Lorenzo Llorente, then a Filipino, was enlisted in the U.S. Navy. In 1937, he and […]