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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

VOID MARRIAGES FROM THE BEGINNING

Through this article you would know the validity of your marriage whether it is legal or shall be voided by the Court if found committed one of these laws from EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 209 - Family Code of the Philippines.

Article 37
Marriages between the following are incestuous and void from the beginning, whether relationship between the parties be legitimate or illegitimate:

(1) Between ascendants and descendants of any degree; and
(2) Between brothers and sisters, whether of the full or half blood.

Article 38
The following marriages shall be void from the beginning for reasons of public policy:

1) Between collateral blood relatives whether legitimate or illegitimate, up to the fourth civil degree;

2) Between step-parents and step-children;

3) Between parents-in-law and children-in-law;

4) Between the adopting parent and the adopted child;

5) Between the surviving spouse of the adopting parent and the adopted child;

6) Between the surviving spouse of the adopted child and the adopter;

7) Between an adopted child and a legitimate child of the adopter;

8) Between adopted children of the same adopter; and

9) Between parties where one, with the intention to marry the other, killed that other person's spouse, or his or her own spouse.

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