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- While traditional marriages in the Philippines include a religious ceremony that is mirrored in many different countries, it is not required by law. There are all manner of religious weddings, but the legal system only recognizes heterosexual relations. It is not legal in the country for two members of the same sex to legally marry each other.
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THE MARRIAGE LAW. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of the same: PRELIMINARY CHAPTER. TITLE OF ACT. PRELIMINARY SECTION. Title of Act .—This Act shall be known as the Marriage Law. CHAPTER I. MARRIAGE REQUISITES.
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Apr 10, 2010 · MARRIAGE. Chapter 1. Requisites of Marriage. Article 1. Marriage is a special contract of permanent union between a man and a woman entered into in accordance with law for the establishment of conjugal and family life.
- Marriage
- Legal Separation
- Rights and Obligations Between Husband and Wife
- Property Relations Between Husband and Wife
- The Family
- Paternity and Filiation
- Adoption
- Support
- Parental Authority
- Emancipation and Age of Majority
Chapter 1. Requisites of Marriage
Article 1. Marriage is a special contract of permanent union between a man and a womanentered into in accordance with law for the establishment of conjugal and family life. It is the foundation of the family and an inviolable social institution whose nature, consequences, and incidents are governed by law and not subject to stipulation, except that marriage settlements may fix the property relations during the marriage within the limits provided by this Code. (52a) Article 2. No marriage shal...
Chapter 2. Marriages Exempted from License Requirement
Article 27.In case either or both of the contracting parties are at the point of death, the marriage may be solemnized without necessity of a marriage license and shall remain valid even if the ailing party subsequently survives. (72a) Article 28. If the residence of either party is so located that there is no means of transportation to enable such party to appear personally before the local civil registrar, the marriage may be solemnized without necessity of a marriage license. (72a) Article...
Chapter 3. Void and Voidable Marriages
Article 35. The following marriages shall be void from the beginning: 1. Those contracted by any party below eighteen years of age even with the consent of parents or guardians; 2. Those solemnized by any person not legally authorized to perform marriages unless such marriages were contracted with either or both parties believing in good faith that the solemnizing officer had the legal authority to do so; 3. Those solemnized without license, except those covered the preceding Chapter; 4. Thos...
Article 55. A petition for legal separation may be filed on any of the following grounds: 1. Repeated physical violence or grossly abusive conduct directed against the petitioner, a common child, or a child of the petitioner; 2. Physical violence or moral pressure to compel the petitioner to change religious or political affiliation; 3. Attempt of ...
Article 68.The husband and wife are obliged to live together, observe mutual love, respect and fidelity, and render mutual help and support. (109a) Article 69.The husband and wife shall fix the family domicile. In case of disagreement, the court shall decide. The court may exempt one spouse from living with the other if the latter should live abroa...
Chapter 1. General Provisions
Article 74. The property relationship between husband and wife shall be governed in the following order: 1. By marriage settlements executed before the marriage; 2. By the provisions of this Code; and 3. By the local custom. (118) Article 75.The future spouses may, in the marriage settlements, agree upon the regime of absolute community, conjugal partnership of gains, complete separation of property, or any other regime. In the absence of a marriage settlement, or when the regime agreed upon...
Chapter 2. Donations by Reason of Marriage
Article 82.Donations by reason of marriage are those which are made before its celebration, in consideration of the same, and in favor of one or both of the future spouses. (126) Article 83.These donations are governed by the rules on ordinary donations established in Title III of Book III of the Civil Code, insofar as they are not modified by the following articles. (127a) Article 84.If the future spouses agree upon a regime other than the absolute community of property, they cannot donate t...
Chapter 3. System of Absolute Community
Article 88.The absolute community of property between spouses shall commence at the precise moment that the marriage is celebrated. Any stipulation, express or implied, for the commencement of the community regime at any other time shall be void. (145a) Article 89.No waiver of rights, shares and effects of the absolute community of property during the marriage can be made except in case of judicial separation of property. When the waiver takes place upon a judicial separation of property, or...
Chapter 1. The Family as an Institution
Article 149.The family, being the foundation of the nation, is a basic social institution which public policy cherishes and protects. Consequently, family relations are governed by law and no custom, practice or agreement destructive of the family shall be recognized or given effect. (216a, 218a) Article 50. Family relations include those: 1. Between husband and wife; 2. Between parents and children; 3. Among brothers and sisters, whether of the full or half-blood. (217a) Article 151.No suit...
Chapter 2. The Family Home
Article 152.The family home, constituted jointly by the husband and the wife or by an unmarried head of a family, is the dwelling house where they and their family reside, and the land on which it is situated. (223a) Article 153. The family home is deemed constituted on a house and lot from the time it is occupied as a family residence. From the time of its constitution and so long as any of its beneficiaries actually resides therein, the family home continues to be such and is exempt from ex...
Chapter 1. Legitimate Children
Article 163.The filiation of children may be by nature or by adoption. Natural filiation may be legitimate or illegitimate. (n) Article 164.Children conceived or born during the marriage of the parents are legitimate. Children conceived as a result of artificial insemination of the wife with the sperm of the husband or that of a donor or both are likewise legitimate children of the husband and his wife, provided, that both of them authorized or ratified such insemination in a written instrume...
Chapter 2. Proof of Filiation
Article 172.The filiation of legitimate children is established by any of the following: 1. The record of birth appearing in the civil register or a final judgment; or 2. An admission of legitimate filiation in a public document or a private handwritten instrument and signed by the parent concerned. In the absence of the foregoing evidence, the legitimate filiation shall be roved by: 1. The open and continuous possession of the status of a legitimate child; or 2. Any other means allowed by th...
Chapter 3. Illegitimate Children
Article 175.Illegitimate children may establish their illegitimate filiation in the same way and on the same evidence as legitimate children. The action must be brought within the same period specified in Article 173, except when the action is based on the second paragraph of Article 172, in which case the action may be brought during the lifetime of the alleged parent. (289a) Article 176.Illegitimate children shall use the surname and shall be under the parental authority of their mother, an...
Article 183.A person of age and in possession of full civil capacity and legal rights may adopt, provided he is in a position to support and care for his children, legitimate or illegitimate, in keeping with the means of the family. Only minors may be adopted, except in the cases when the adoption of a person of majority age is allowed in this Titl...
Article 194. Support comprises everything indispensable for sustenance, dwelling, clothing, medical attendance, education and transportation, in keeping with the financial capacity of the family. The education of the person entitled to be supported referred to in the preceding paragraph shall include his schooling or training for some profession, t...
Chapter 1. General Provisions
Article 209. Pursuant to the natural right and duty of parents over the person and property of their unemancipated children, parental authority and responsibility shall include the caring for and rearing them for civic consciousness and efficiency and the development of their moral, mental and physical character and well-being. (n) Article 210.Parental authority and responsibility may not be renounced or transferred except in the cases authorized by law. (313a) Article 211.The father and the...
Chapter 2. Substitute and Special Parental Authority
Article 216. In default of parents or a judicially appointed guardian, the following person shall exercise substitute parental authority over the child in the order indicated: 1. The surviving grandparent, as provided in Art. 214; 2. The oldest brother or sister, over twenty-one years of age, unless unfit or disqualified; and 3. The child’s actual custodian, over twenty-one years of age, unless unfit or disqualified. Whenever the appointment or a judicial guardian over the property of the chi...
Chapter 3. Effect of Parental Authority Upon the Persons of the Children
Article 220.The parents and those exercising parental authority shall have with the respect to their unemancipated children on wards the following rights and duties: 1. To keep them in their company, to support, educate and instruct them by right precept and good example, and to provide for their upbringing in keeping with their means; 2. To give them love and affection, advice and counsel, companionship and understanding; 3. To provide them with moral and spiritual guidance, inculcate in the...
Article 234. Emancipation takes place by the attainment of majority. Unless otherwise provided, majority commences at the age of twenty-one years. Emancipation also takes place: 1. By the marriage of the minor; or 2. By the recording in the Civil Register of an agreement in a public instrument executed by the parent exercising parental authority an...
Nov 1, 2023 · Article 1. Marriage is a special contract of permanent union between a man and a woman entered into in accordance with law for the establishment of conjugal and family life.
Nov 4, 2006 · Under the Family Code of the Philippines, property matters between the husband and wife are set forth in relative detail, e.g., the forms and requisites of a marriage settlement or ante-nuptial agreement, donations by reason of marriage, the “default” property regime of absolute community of property ( vis-a-vis separation of property, and ...
