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Title I — Marriage

Article 25

EO 209 · Family Code of the Philippines

ELI5— what this means for you

Marriages in remote areas where no civil registrar or judge is reachable (e.g., far-flung barangays) can also be solemnized without a license. The solemnizing officer must certify why a license was impossible to obtain.

Official text — EO 209

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