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 […]
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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. 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. 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. 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. 161793 – 598 Phil. 666 – 579 SCRA 193 – Civil Law – Family Code – Article 36: Psychological Incapacity – Molina Case Merely a GuidelineEvery case involving psychological incapacity must be resolved on a case-to-case basis Note: This case relaxed the application of the Molina Guidelines Edward […]
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. L-55960 – 249 Phil. 681 – 167 SCRA 737 – Civil Law – Preliminary Title – Conflict of Laws – Foreign Laws – Applicability of Foreign Marriage Laws Sy Kiat, a Chinese national, died on January 17, 1977 leaving behind properties here in the Philippines. Thereafter, Aida […]