Title I — Marriage
Article 35
ELI5— what this means for you
These marriages are VOID from the beginning — they have no legal effect ever: (1) under-18 marriage; (2) solemnized by an unauthorized person, unless parties acted in good faith; (3) solemnized without a license (except exempt cases); (4) bigamous or polygamous marriages; (5) mistaken identity (you thought you were marrying one person but it was someone else); (6) subsequent marriages without a judicial declaration of nullity of the prior marriage.
Key point
Six automatic void marriages under Art. 35. Most common trap: #6 — marrying again without a court declaration that your first marriage is null.
Official text — EO 209
Full article text is being added. Read the official text at officialgazette.gov.ph.
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